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With or Without You official poster
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Also known as | Tung Po's Family Affairs |
Genre | Period drama, historical fiction, Comedy |
Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
Written by | Au Yin Yuan, Ngai Hong Yee |
Starring |
Bobby Au-Yeung Joey Meng Vincent Wong Jacqueline Wong Alice Chan Harriet Yeung |
Theme music composer | Jin Nakamura |
Opening theme | I Am Not Good 我不夠好 by Linda Chung |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language(s) | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Executive producer(s) | Catherine Tsang |
Producer(s) | Wong Wai Sing |
Location(s) | Hong Kong China Central Television Wuxi Film & Television Base |
Editor(s) | Ga Wai Nam |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) | TVB |
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Original network |
Jade HD Jade |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 26 October | – 6 December 2015
External links | |
Website | programme |
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Traditional Chinese | 東坡家事 | ||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 东坡家事 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Tung Po's Family Affairs" | ||||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōng Pō Jiā Shì |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Dūng Bō Gā Sih |
Jyutping | Dung1 Bo1 Gaa1 Si6 |
With or Without You (Chinese: 東坡家事; Jyutping: Dung1 Bo1 Gaa1 Si6; Cantonese Yale: Dūng Bō Gā Sih; literally "Tung Po's Family Affairs") is a 2015 Hong Kong period historical fiction comedy drama produced by TVB, starring Bobby Au-Yeung, Joey Meng, Vincent Wong, Jacqueline Wong, Alice Chan and Harriet Yeung as the main cast. Filming took place from October 2014 to February 2015 on location in Hong Kong and China Central Television Wuxi Film & Television Base. The drama is broadcast on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels from 26 October till 6 December 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30–9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 30 episodes.
The drama is a fictional telling of Song dynasty poet Su Shi and is the last of TVB's four 2015 grand anniversary dramas to be broadcast.
The drama is a fictional account of the family life of Song dynasty poet Su Shi also known as So Tung Po.
Unable to forget his late wife, So Tung Po (Bobby Au Yeung) has refused to remarry until he meets talented female chef Wong Yun Chi (Joey Meng) who wins him over with her cooking. Thinking life will get better, he marries Yun Chi, but after marriage the two constantly bicker and Tung Po's son from his first marriage does not accept his new step mother .
Besides his own marriage Tung Po is also concerned with his youngest sister So Siu Mui's (Jacqueline Wong) love life since he believes her flirtatious boyfriend Chun Siu Yau (Vincent Wong) will eventually leave her and break her heart. Also his other younger sister So Dai Mui (Harriet Yeung), who still has not gotten over her first love that is now married to someone else.
So Dai Mui finally marries with Tung Po's friend, Chan Kwai Sheung. They were lovers when Kwai Sheung was working in a temple. However that time he chose another one to marry. But the wife he marries is shrewish and claimed by Tung Po as "the lioness of Hedong". And eventually he is separated from his wife and be with Dai Mui.