Strange Tales of Liao Zhai II

Duration: 40x46mins
Cast: Pan Yueming, Sun Li, Liu Xiaojie, Lian Kai, Wu Qilong, Fann Wong

Four deeply moving stories about love and sacrifice that are drawn from the Chinese mystical tales of Liao Zhai. Love knows no bound in these tales which are widely known for its touching love story that transcends all.

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Shaolin Warriors

Duration: 33x46mins

It is the Ming Dynasty. With Japanese pirates in cahoots with local accomplices to wreak havoc in China's coastal regions, the Shaolin monks Yue Kong (Hong Tianzhao) and Yue Wen (Cui Ling) commit themselves to combat this threat to the people. As both monks become acquainted with Li Ruolan (Liu Bao) and the Japanese swordswoman Ippon Hideko (Li Man), they are drawn into romantic entanglements. Yue Kong is forced to leave Shaolin because of Hideko's wilful and indiscreet speech. Yue Wen, on the other hand, is manipulated by his own father, a county magistrate who is also a pirate leader in disguise. A senior monk is killed as a result, and Yue Wen himself is abused to the point of disability. Fortunately, Shaolin's martial monks manage to buck up and engage the pirates in a heroic battle. Yue Kong has to fight a former friend to death, and at the end of it return to a seriously ill Hideko. Yue Wen, however, does not return to Shaolin as he is determined to change his father's heart. The bane of piracy is eventually quelled only when the imperial government brings about radical reforms.

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Heroes in Black

Duration: 20x60mins

Heroes in Black is a period comedy, starring popular Hong Kong comedian, Bobby Auyong as well as our very own heavyweights like Fann Wong and Li Nan Xing.

Unknown to many, Li Nan Xing is the mysterious 'WO LAI YE' who steals from the rich to help the poor. Bobby Auyong is FENG BO BU, the magistrate with a very fierce and demanding mother and he vows to marry a wife who's worst than his mother so that she can make life difficult for his mum. The idea candidate for FENG is LIU FEI YAN (Fann Wong), well known for her bad temperaments.

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The Widows' Walls

Duration: 19x60mins

This is a moving and powerful series portraying the tragic lives of four widows in Southern China, forced to live out their lives in a large walled house, finding simple pleasures, and sometimes even love, and suffering the cruelties that the changes in China at that tumultuous time brought upon them.

The story begins in an isolated Hakka house, much like a fort, built on a cliff in a remote village in Southern China. This house placed above the lush green fields was called 'Qing Jie Tang' or "The House of Pure", where the widows from the surrounding area, young and old, were forced to live and work until the end of their lives, thus keeping their 'purity' and chastity through confinement. These nineteen episodes cover the darkest period and horror in the history of th "House of the Pure" from the end of the 19th entury to the start of the anti-Japanese war.

Note: Hakka - a group of Southern Chinese people, now spread all over the world.

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The Legends of the Eight Immortals

Duration: 30 episodes

This lavish production, filmed partially in China, stars Taiwanese heart-throb Ma Jingtao. This drama serializes the stories of the Eight Immortals during their crossing of the East Ocean. Their famous adventures formed legends which have been passed down through many generations.

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The Legends of Nezha

Duration: 20 episodes

Famous mythical character Ne Zha is the central figure in this exciting and visually-stunning period drama serial. The evil fox spirit wreaks havoc in the Heavens when accidentally set free by the mischievous Ne Zha. The drama serialises the adventures of Ne Zha as he is reincarnated into the mortal world to capture the Fox Spirit. Laden with special effects, The Legend Of Ne Zha is a visual spectacle not to be missed.

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Legend of the Snake Spirits

Adapted from the renowned Chinese folk story, "Madam White Snake", this 45-episode blockbuster stars Singapore's top artistes Fann Wong and Christopher Lee and its filmed entirely in China.

The story begins with the two snakes who are changed into two beauties. White Snake falls in love with a pedagogue, Xu Xian and marries him while Green Snake continues to enjoy her new-found status as a human beauty. White Snake's misfortune begins when Xu Xian discovers that she is a snake spirit. Fahai, the monk who vows to subdue the two snake spirits tries to break up Xu Xian and White Snake by kidnapping him. A battle soon ensues and in a twist of fate, White Snake gives birth to a new baby...

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