Simply Ordinary | |
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林世榮 | |
Genre | Martial arts Period drama |
Written by | Sit Ka-wah |
Starring | Gordon Lam Kenix Kwok Yung Kam-cheung Jay Lau King Kong Lam Chor Yuen |
Theme music composer | Kong Kong-sang |
Opening theme | Luck Will Come One Day (有日會行運) by Hacken Lee |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 15 (Hong Kong) 20 (Overseas) |
Production | |
Producer | Tsui Ching-hong |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Production company | TVB |
Release | |
Original network | TVB Jade |
Original release | 7 September – 25 September 1998 |
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Traditional Chinese | 林世榮 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 林世荣 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Lam Sai-wing" | ||||||||||
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