Phoenix Rising (Hong Kong TV series)

Phoenix Rising (Traditional Chinese: 蘭花刼) is a TVB period drama series released overseas in July 2007 and aired on TVB Pay Vision Channel in March 2008. The drama was well received from the viewer in international broadcast. The show has been compared to 1989's hit drama, Looking Back In Anger.[1]

Phoenix Rising
蘭花刼
GenrePeriod Drama
StarringLouisa So
Sunny Chan
Kristal Tin
Leila Tong
Jack Wu
Opening theme"蘭花刼" by
Kelly Chen
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerTerry Tong
Running time45 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original networkTVB
Original release9 July 2007 (2007-07-09)

The Series was subsequently released on 2 January 2009 on Cambodia cable TV, PPCTV as the last country in showing it.

In an unprecedented move by TVB, 11 years after production, it has been announced that the drama will premiere from 29 May 2017 on TVB Jade, with footage and audio digitally remastered for broadcast.

Plot

Kong Lai-Nga, Yim Pui-Woo and So Fei are sisters. Their parents died at birth, so the three of them were sent to orphanages and were later adopted into three different homes with different backgrounds. Yim Pui-Woo was sent to prison for killing her stepmother, but Kong Lai-Nga, wanting to save her sister, told officials that she was the one who committed the crime and went to prison instead. So Fei is a very kind person and forges evidence to save Kong Lai-Nga but gets caught and gets sent to prison, too. The three sisters and the prison owner have some hostilities; thus, the prison owner wants revenge. This series uses women in jail as its storyline, describing the dark side of women in prison.

Cast

CastRoleDescription
Louisa SoYim Pui-Woo/Yeung Choi Yiu
炎沛湖/楊采瑤
Kong Lai-Nga's younger sister.
So Fei's elder sister.
Cheung Chi-Hoi's ex-wife.
(Main Villain)
Sunny ChanYin Leung
言亮
Kong Lai-Nga's boyfriend.
Kristal TinKong Lai-Nga/Yeung Choi Yue
江麗雅/楊采瑜
Yim Pui-Woo and So Fei' s elder sister.
Yin Leung's girlfriend.
Leila TongSo Fei/Yeung Choi Lam
蘇菲/楊采琳
Kong Lai-Nga and Yim Pui-Woo's younger sister.
Ben WongCheung Chi-Hoi
張至凱
Yim Pui-Woo's ex-husband.
Nancy WuYip Chi-Shan
葉芷珊
Prisoner
Jack WuMa Hak
馬赫
Prison Doctor
Yin Leung's younger cousin.

References

  1. "TVB Musings » Phoenix Rising". virtuesofharmony.net. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
  • TVB.com Phoenix Rising - Official Website (in Chinese)
  • K for TVB.net Phoenix Rising - Episodic Synopsis and Screen Captures (in English)
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