A Pillow Case of Mystery
A Pillow Case of Mystery | |
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Also known as | The Curious Cases of Lord Sze |
施公奇案 | |
Genre | Costume drama Detective fiction Fantasy |
Written by | Lau Chi-wah |
Starring | Bobby Au-yeung Kenix Kwok Benny Chan Tavia Yeung Annie Man Lo Hoi-pang |
Opening theme | "Sin Chi Sin Kok" (先知先覺) by Benny Chan |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lam Chi-wah |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 42 – 45 minutes |
Production company | TVB |
Original release | |
Network | TVB Jade |
Release | 31 January 26 February 2006 | –
Related | |
A Pillow Case of Mystery II (2010) |
A Pillow Case of Mystery (Traditional Chinese: 施公奇案; literally The Curious Cases of Lord Sze) is a 2006 Hong Kong detective-fantasy television drama starring Bobby Au-yeung as the title character, Mr. Sze (Sze Sai-lun). Produced by Lam Chi-wah and edited by Lau Chi-wah, the drama is a TVB production. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade network with 45-minute episodes airing five days a week from 31 January to 26 February 2006. The drama is set during the early 19th century Qing dynasty. Sze Sai-lun, the newly appointed magistrate of Kong-do County, accidentally encounters a spirit, enclosed in a magic pillow, who helps him solve cases.
Due to the drama's popular success, a follow-up sequel, A Pillow Case of Mystery II was produced and was released in 2010.
Premise
[edit]Sze Sai-lun (Bobby Au-yeung) becomes the new magistrate of Kong-do County. After a series of unresolved cases, the townspeople begin to see him as pathetic and useless. While Sai-lun was searching for evidence by a hillside, he accidentally injures himself, dropping blood on a mysterious pillow. He faints on it and discovers that the pillow encloses a spirit (Lo Hoi-pang) who can help him solve mysteries by giving him clues and riddles to solve. With the help of the pillow spirit, the townspeople begin to see a new light in Sai-lun.
Cast and characters
[edit]Main characters
[edit]Cast | Role | Description |
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Bobby Au-yeung | Sze Sai-lun | Kong-do County's new magistrate |
Kenix Kwok | Mai Heung-yung | the county court's maiden. born Tong Fung |
Benny Chan | Wong Tin-bah | born Tong Lung Heung-yung's feisty younger brother. |
Tavia Yeung | Princess Tsanggak Ming-chu | Sai-lun's younger god-sister. |
Lo Hoi-pang | Tong Doh-fuk | later revealed to be Heung-yung and Tin-bah's dead grandfather. Pillow Spirit |
Other characters
[edit]Cast | Role | Description |
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Lee Fung | Chiu Yuet-ngor | Sai-lun's mother. |
Rosanne Lui | Pong Got-ngoi | Sai-lun's official wife. |
Eileen Yeow | Ka Sau-yuk | Sai-lun's second wife/concubine. |
Annie Man | Chin Lai-shu | Sai-lun's third wife/concubine. |
Gordon Liu | Sima Jui-fung | the head constable. |
Mary Hon | Siu Kau-leung | Heung-yung and Tin-bah's foster mother. |
Cheung Ying-choi | Assistant Lo | Sai-lun's assistant judge. |
Lee Kwok-lun | Sze Long | Sai-lun's deceased father. |
Viewership ratings
[edit]Week | Episode | Average points | Peaking points | HK viewers (in millions) | References | |
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1 | January 31 — February 3, 2006 | 1 — 4 | 28 | 31 | 1.78 | [1] |
2 | February 6 — 10, 2006 | 5 — 9 | 32 | 35 | 2.04 | [2] |
3 | February 13 — 17, 2006 | 10 — 14 | 31 | — | 1.98 | [3] |
4 | February 20 — 24, 2006 | 15 — 19 | 32 | — | 2.04 | [4] |
February 26, 2006 | 20 | 36 | 38 | 2.29 | [5][6] |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- TVB.com A Pillow Case of Mystery - Official Website (in Chinese)
- TVBSquare.com Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine A Pillow Case of Mystery - Review