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A Herbalist Affair | |
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情牽百子櫃 | |
Genre | Modern drama Romance |
Written by | Kwan Chung Ling |
Starring | Roger Kwok Charmaine Sheh Melissa Ng Eddy Ko Bowie Wu Angelina Lo Derek Lee Shirley Yim Wong Wai |
Opening theme | Bitter Medicine (苦口良藥) by Andy Hui and Flora Chan |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer | Lam Chi Wah |
Production locations | Hong Kong China |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Production company | TVB |
Release | |
Original network | TVB Jade |
Original release | 11 March – 5 April 2002 |
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Traditional Chinese | 情牽百子櫃 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 情牵百子柜 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Attachment to a Hundred Sub-cabinet" | ||||||||||
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A Herbalist Affair is a 2002 Hong Kong modern serial drama produced by TVB and starring Roger Kwok,Charmaine Sheh and Melissa Ng. It was released overseas in December 2001,aired on TVB Jade from 11 March to 5 April 2002,and was re-aired in April 2006.
A renowned Chinese medicine practitioner Cheung Si-Sung passed on his Chinese medicine shop to his son Wai-On after his wife died. Wai-On did not take good care of the shop and it lost its customers. Si-Sung’s grandson Yee-Fai works for a large Chinese medicine company. His enthusiasm attracts his colleague Sin-Yu,who does not want to work under her rich father. Yee-Fai is very careful with Sin-Yu as he thinks that she has been appointed to investigate him. Yee-Fai goes to Shanghai on business,and while there,he looks for an old friend of Si-Sung’s. Sin-Yu goes along with him as his secretary,and volunteers to help him fulfil his grandfather’s wish. Later,Yee-Fai meets Chinese medicine practitioner Geung Sum-Yu and Gook Yut-Siu. As Yee-Fai gets to know Yut-Siu better,they eventually work together in the medicine business. [1]
Cast | Role | Description |
Roger Kwok | Cheung Yee Fai 張二輝 | Cheung See Sang's grandson Cheung Wai On's son Cheung Tai San's younger brother Kuk Yat Siu's older hal-brother Ng Sin Yu's ex-boyfriend Keung Sam Yuet's boyfriend |
Ada Mui (梅素芳) | Liu Siu Man 廖子敏 | Cheung See Sang's granddaughter in-law Cheung Wai On's daughter in-law Cheung Tai San's sister in-law |
Bowie Wu | Cheung See Sang 張時生 | Cheung Wai On's father Cheung Tai San,Cheung Yee Fai and Kuk Yat Siu's grandfather |
Eddy Ko | Cheung Wai On 張懷安 | Cheung See Sang's son Cheung Tai San,Cheung Yee Fai and Kuk Yat Siu's father |
Shirley Yim (雪梨) | Cheung Tai San 張大珊 | Cheung See Sang's granddaughter Cheung Wai On's daughter Cheung Yee Fai's older sister Kuk Yat Siu's older half-sister |
Cast | Role | Description |
Charmaine Sheh | Ng Sin Yu (Ruby) 吳倩如 | Ng Sing's daughter Cheung Yee Fai's ex-girlfriend Chung Ching Lung's ex-wife |
Yu Yeung (于洋) | Ng Sing 吳星 | Ng Sin Yu's father |
Henry Lo (魯振順) | Hong Chai 康齊 | |
Cast | Role | Description |
Melissa Ng | Keung Sam Yuet 姜心悅 | Keung Tit To's daughter Ng Sin Yu's good friend Ma Tat's ex-girlfriend Cheung Yee Fai's girlfriend |
Wong Wai (王偉) | Keung Tit To 姜鐵圖 | Keung Sam Yuet's father Kuk Lai Sa's good friend |
Cast | Role | Description |
Angelina Lo (盧宛茵) | Kuk Lai Sa 谷麗莎 | Cheung Wai On's lover Kuk Yat Siu's mother Fong Kau's mother in-law Keung Tit To's good friend |
Derek Lee (李浩林) | Kuk Yat Siu 谷一宵 | Kuk Lai Sa and Cheung Wai On's son Cheung See Sang's grandson Cheung Tai San and Cheung Yee Fai's younger brother in-law Fong Kau's husband |
Eileen Yeow | Fong Kau 房姣 | Kuk Lai Sa and Cheung See Sang's daughter in-law Kuk Yat Siu's wife |
Cast | Role | Description |
Power Chan | Chow Chi Wah 周志華 | Cheung Yee Fai's good friend |
Mark Kwok | Chung Ching Lung 鍾正龍 | Ng Sin Yu's ex-husband |
Ku Feng | Tam Kwong Cheung 譚廣昌 | Kuk Yat Siu's La mian teacher |
Kwok Man Lung (郭文龍) | Ma Tat 馬達 | Keung Sam Yuet's ex-boyfriend |
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