The Duke of Mount Deer (1998 TV series)

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The Duke of Mount Deer
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Also known asThe Duke of Mount Deer 1998
Traditional Chinese 鹿鼎記
Simplified Chinese 鹿鼎记
Hanyu Pinyin Lù Dǐng Jì
Jyutping Luk6 Ding2 Gei3
Genre Wuxia, comedy, historical fiction
Based on The Deer and the Cauldron
by Louis Cha
Starring Jordan Chan
Steven Ma
Cherie Chan
Rain Lau
Theme music composerTsui Yuen
Ronald Ng
Opening themeChi Chak Hung Yan (叱吒紅人) performed by Jordan Chan (the lyrics were slightly altered as of episode 17)
Ending themeTau Ting Yat Pin Tian (頭頂一片天) performed by Steven Ma
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producer Lee Tim-shing
Production locationHong Kong
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production company TVB
Release
Original networkTVB
Original release1 June (1998-06-01) 
31 July 1998 (1998-07-31)

The Duke of Mount Deer is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron . It was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 1998.

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Synopsis

Wai Siu Bo is the son of a prostitute who works in a brothel in Yangzhou. After joining the Heaven and Earth society he heads to the Capital and gets enrolled into the service of the Grand Eunuchs. There he becomes friends with the young emperor Hong Hei (Wai mistakes the emperor as another young eunuch) and falls in love with the emperor's younger sister, Princess Kin Ning. His adventures in the Forbidden City leads him into discovering the empress dowager as an impostor; finding several volumes of the prized 42 Chapters which contains the location of a treasure cave; helps the emperor kill the baddie courtier, Lord Obai; and see his position rise from humble eunuch to a grand courtier and confidante of the emperor.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

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