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Triumph Over Evil | |
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真命天師 | |
Genre | Costume drama Action Fantasy Horror Supernatural |
Created by | Siu Hin-fai |
Written by | Ng Lap Kwong |
Starring | Ben Wong Nick Cheung Hilary Tsui Joyce Tang Jay Lau Chor Yuen |
Theme music composer | Chung Hing Hung |
Opening theme | In Life (人生中) by Patrick Tam |
Ending theme | Only One Possible (只得一個可能) by Patrick Tam and Maggie Tziong |
Composer | Dennie Wong |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 15 (Hong Kong) 20 (Overseas) |
Production | |
Producer | Siu Hin-fai |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Production company | TVB |
Release | |
Original network | Jade |
Original release | 22 December 1997 – 9 January 1998 |
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Traditional Chinese | 真命天師 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 真命天师 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Destiny Master" | ||||||||||
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