Asian Drama

Hong Kong television greats Damian Lau and Michelle Yim star in the 1985 ATV wuxia drama Chronicles of the Shadow Swordsman. Based on Liang Yusheng's same-titled novel, this classic 25-episode series sees Damian Lau in the role he does best, the dashing chivalrous swordsman. Co-starring Ngok Wah and Ban Ban, Chronicles of the Shadow Swordsman enthralls with an old-school blend of romantic wuxia, swordplay action, and Ming history. A descendant of general Zhang Shi Cheng who was betrayed and killed by Ming Dynasty founder Zhu Yuan Zhang, hot-blooded young swordsman Zhang Dan Feng (Damian Lau) grew up in the northern steppes, with his father serving as an official for the Mongol Dörben Oirat. Zhang's father hopes to use Oirat power to recover the Ming throne for the Zhangs, but the Oirat chancellor has designs of his own for the Central Kingdom. Seeing through to the conspiracy, Zhang Dan Feng defies the Oirat to help defend the Ming Dynasty and the Han Chinese people, but his actions cause him to be hunted by both the Oirat and the Ming courts. His mysterious origin also raises alarm in the martial arts world. While wandering through the Central Kingdom and fending off numerous dangerous brushes, Zhang Dan Feng crosses stars with bright and beautiful swordswoman Yun Lei (Michelle Yim), beginning a love-hate relationship tested by the previous generation's grudges and the fate of the empire.

He needs an assistant. She wants her inheritance back. Zheng Hao (Hawick Lau) is a hotshot attorney who specializes in inheritance law. Tang Ning (Jiang Xin) is an heiress who has returned from the United States only to find out that her own family members have forced her to give up her shares of the family business, robbing her of her inheritance. Tang Ning goes to work as Zheng Hao’s assistant, and she realizes that Zheng Hao is exactly the person who can help her regain her rightful place within her family. But can they stop bickering long enough for Tang Ning to achieve her goals? “Medalist Lawyer Heir” is a 2017 Chinese drama series. Also known by the title “Heirs,” this drama bears no relation to the 2013 Korean drama “Heirs” starring Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye.

Mi-Yeon is an independent career woman, a documentary producer who doesn't want a husband, but she dreams of having her own family. One day, she meets Julien, a man with a free spirit who isn't interested in marriage and family. The two go through something unexpected and become a family...

"Making Family" is a Korea-China collaboration.

Starring Raymond Lam and Damian Lau After his father’s death, Hoi Sing “Hanson” (Raymond Lam) inherits the family business, which is coveted by his greedy uncle Hoi Leung “Albert” (Damian Lau). Driven by the lure of untold riches, Albert plants a spy — Fong Lai King (Zhao Ziqi) — in the factory to sabotage operations, despite his wife and daughter’s plea for family unity. Realizing he can’t fight Albert alone, Hanson enlists the help of his best friend Chung Lam Tau “Linus” (Bosco Wong) — naively believing he can still trust anyone.

Set some time after the original 'Heroic Trio' the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over both a popular leader and a militarist colonel. The trio of Chat the Thief catcher, Ching and Wonder Woman (along with her young daughter) have to avert a military takeover and find clean headwaters to save the city.

The all-female Heroic Trio are Tung (Wonder Woman), Chat (Thief Catcher), a mercenary, and Ching (Invisible Woman). Initially, they're on opposing sides - the invisible Ching is kidnapping newborn male babies for her evil master, Tung is trying to solve the crime (rather more effectively than her policeman husband, who is unaware of her secret identity), and Chat, who was formerly employed by Ching's evil master, is trying to sell her services and inside knowledge to the police. But all three have something in common buried deep in their past...

Hong Kong’s answer to Backdraft is a good, solid flick that seems to contain most of Johnnie To’s favorite actors and themes. Thankfully, he neglects to add montages. Lau Ching-Wan is the risk-taking boss fireman of the “ill-fated jinxes,” a notoriously unlucky squad of lifesavers. They’re known for futility and things just going wrong, i.e. failing to save lives or saving the wrong ones (like pets, for example). However, through teamwork and perseverance, they gain each other's trust and the respect of others.

After recovering from a long term illness, semi-retired popular singer Wah Fong Ying realizes that she has lived an unfulfilled life. With two failed marriages and estranged relationships with all of her children she lives a lonely life. Wanting to mend her relationship with her oldest daughter who resides in Taiwan, she travels there and meets Hong Kong photographer Ben Law, who is a fan of her. Ben is in Taiwan to fulfill his late wife's wish to have her remains returned to her ancestral home. Romance sparks between the two and soon each becomes the other's strength and support. Realizing that throughout her career she has never sung for her loved ones and with Ben's encouragement, Fong Ying decides to hold a last concert for her friends and family, but her daughter Tong Yan rejects her invitation to attend. Fong Ying proceeds on working on her concert and hires assistant Jinny Szeto and creative director Sean Song to help her produce the concert. Just as light seems to shine on Fong Ying again, darkness comes back into her life when Jinny finds out that Fong Ying was involve in an affair with her uncle in the past and Ben starts to suffer from hallucinations due to a brain tumor.

Though Ko Chit (Damian Lau) masterminds a series of high-profile robberies, he only steals from the rich to give to the poor. But when Detective Kong Yeung (Joe Ma) traces a large sum of illicit money back to the illusive thief, he triggers an intense cat-and-mouse game that brings their lives closer than ever to danger, deceit and betrayal. As two heads of the same coin, Chit and Yeung eventually develop mutual respect for one another, but where do they draw the line between good and bad?

Rose Martial World is a Chinese-Hong Kong wuxia-romance television series produced by Yu Zheng and directed by Peter Yuen and Wang Shaojie, starring cast members from mainland China and Hong Kong. It was first broadcast in Taiwan in 2008. Yu Zheng later published a novel of the same title during the series' 2009 broadcast in mainland China. Eileen Chang's The Red Rose and the White Rose meets Tsui Hark's The Blade - this pitch perfectly captures the essence of the all-star Chinese martial arts drama Rose Martial World. A war between two women could bring destructive consequences to the entire martial world, if they are beautiful like Huo Siyan (My Name is Fame) and Sun Feifei. Their intertwined destinies brought them together as sisterly confidants, only to drive them apart when they fall for the same man (in the shape of popular actor/singer Wallace Chung). Supported by famous TV stars Damian Lau, Sheren Tang, and Sammuel Chan, it is only natural that Rose Martial World is deemed one of the most anticipated drama series of 2008. There are plenty of love triangles with martial arts intrigue in this series. Assassination plot, love affair, betrayal, and revenge get you going until the end.

The drama follows the lives of a large, rich, and influential Chinese family living in British Hong Kong during the 1920′s and 30′s, a time when eastern and western cultures clashed, and women began to fight for a position in society to change the traditions of a woman always coming second behind a man. Although wealthy and renowned barrister, Chung Cheuk Man (Damian Lau) studied abroad in England and enjoyed a western lifestyle, deep down he is still a traditional Chinese man. Similar to many upper class during that era, Cheuk Man has many wives and mistresses, a symbol of his status. His first wife Koo Sum Lan (Mary Hon) was born from a wealthy family. His second wife, Aisin Gioro Yee Yin (Idy Chan) is an former princess from the Qing dynasty. His third wife, Yvonne Yik (Elena Kong) came from a rich banker family. Peking opera singer Hong Tsz Kwan (Tavia Yeung) is the fourth wife. The fifth woman in Cheuk Man’s life is Chiu Dan Dan (JJ Jia, who was only interested in living a luxurious and materialistic lifestyle.

Served as an undercover for several years, Leung Siu Tong or Laughing (Michael Tse) escaped from all calamity. Two years ago, he underwent special training, pretending to be mute and sneaked into an armed robbery gang as a spy. He successfully solved the criminal case and later became an instructor for special training in undercover work. Unfortunately he was unable to adapt to the stress in the discipline, so he applied to be an undercover once again. His supervisor Chief Inspector Jodie Chow Mong Ching (Fala Chen), looking exactly like his deceased girlfriend, was the person he communicates with during his undercover work. A female inspector and an undercover, falls into a black-white romance, and eventually became a pair that is in love, but cannot love…

Find the Light ((Chinese: ??•?•??) literally Hero-Sword-Youth) is a 2003 TVB historical costume drama, set in the Qing dynasty. Consisting of 20 episodes, it was broadcast from September 8, 2003 to October 3, 2003, in the prime 8:00 to 9:00 pm weekday slot. The theme song was sung by Francis Yip. The series uses dramatic irony in its telling, the two main protagonists being based on historical figures.Following its humiliation in the First and Second Opium Wars Qing China attempts to modernise its military, part of this modernisation being the belated creation of a modern military academy. Despite secretly being a revolutionary Chan Do Yeung (Damian Lau) is chosen to be principal of the academy and agrees, on the proviso that he be allowed to admit Han students. Among the first intake of students are a scion of a noble family Tam Chi Tung (Bosco Wong) and a commoner Wong Ng (Ron Ng), despite their differences the two become bosom friends. Also amongst the students is Cheuk Lan (Shirley Yeung), a princess belonging to a cadet branch of the ruling family. Cheuk Lan's father is Sok Yi Suen (Lau Kong) with ultimate responsibility for the academy, believing that the Empire is a Manchu one, he orders his followers in the academy to make things as hard as possible for the Han students with the aim of failing them. Chan Do Yeung however takes an interest in Wong, who is the son of a deceased friend, and accepts him as a formal disciple, he stumbles though with Wong's training, for although possessing great strength Wong finds it impossible to use his strength in combat. Initially at odds with one another Wong and Cheuk Lan fall in love, however he is unable to graduate from the academy, and instead becomes a head of an escort agency. Chan Do Yeung's secret is discovered, although willing to serve the sinicized Manchu to defend China against a common enemy, the Manchu have him ambushed and killed. Finally having found a weapon to suit his great strength, the dadao, Wong Ng arrives to late too save his master but is able to avenge him.

Postmodern drama. A story about Master Su’s mysterious death and his 5 wives.

Zhang Xiao, a 25 year old girl from modern times had just gotten into a fight which leads to a car accident that caused her to go back to the Qing Dynasty. There, she is in the body of Maertai Ruo-Xi who is the sister of the 8th Prince's wife, Maertai Ruo-Lan. In the Qing Dynasty, she finds that life is hard because love is controlled by only one person and is not decided freely. She becomes entangled into the battle of the Princes for the Throne. Ruo-Xi has half a year before she enters the Palace for the maiden selections. How will she survive the Qing Dynasty?

Adapted from the novel "Bu Bu Jing Xin" (步步惊心) by Tong Hua (桐华).

A 25 year-old modern day woman woke up from a car accident to find herself in the body of a 16 year-old Manchu girl living in the 18th century Qing Dynasty. In her new life, she became deeply entangled in Aisin Gioro princes' battle for the throne.

Adapted from the novel "Bu Bu Jing Xin" (步步惊心) by Tong Hua (桐华).

The life story of Huang Dao Po, a woman who revolutionized the Chinese textile industry during the Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan dynasty.

The story is set in ancient China during the Southern Song Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong is deceived by the treacherous premier Qin Hui and he puts the patriotic general Yue Fei to death. Qin Hui's supporters dominate the imperial court, leading to widespread corruption in the government. Some righteous ministers oppose Qin Hui, but do not dare to challenge him directly, so they form the secret organization Haoxia to undermine his influence. Eight people with special skills and abilities receive invitations to join Haoxia and their heroic quest begins. The plot's development is based on several loosely-connected subplots and short stories, and ends with a grand finale of a showdown between the heroes and Qin Hui's forces.

The Greed of Man is a Hong Kong television series first broadcast on TVB Jade in 1992. The story, spanning three decades from the 1970s to the 1990s in Hong Kong and Taiwan, addresses various social and financial phenomena of the times, from triad violence to corruption in the Hong Kong stock exchange. It featured a top roster cast, including veteran TVB actors Adam Cheng and Damian Lau and award-winning actor Sean Lau Ching Wan. 

The series follows the life of Ying Zheng, the ruler of the Qin state in the Warring States period, who eventually unified China, established the Qin dynasty, and became the First Emperor of a unified China. The series also includes a subplot about Jing Ke, an assassin who attempted to take the emperor's life.

Zhang Xiao is a southerner, who moved to Beijing working as an OL, with dreams of romance and a stable job. By coincidence, she gets a job at a conglomerate ‘Zhen Tian'. Like all newbie, she’s bullied and stepped on, the saving grace is her boss Yin Zheng.

As she gets the hang of it, she and Yin Zheng develops mutual feelings for each other, when a gentle, considerate guy Kang Xi Hang steps into Zhang’s world. Yin Zheng, Kang Xi Hang both are fore-runners in next in line inheriting the firm. Zhang is twirled into the eye of the corporate battles. After twists and turns, Zhang finally realizes where her heart is at, and bravely chooses to spend her future with her true love.

Set in the late Yuan Dynasty, the story revolves around a pair of priceless and extremely powerful weapons, known as the Heaven Reliant Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, which many martial artists in the jianghu covet. Either or both of them are thought to allow their wielder to rule the wulin (martial artists' community), according to a widely circulating rumour in a repeated mantra.

The series follows protagonist Cheung Mo Gei throughout his adventures, and along the way finds him entangled in a complex web of love relationships with four maidens. The first, Yan Sit, is a horribly disfigured girl who is actually his maternal cousin. The second, Siu Chiu, is a Chinese-Persian servant girl who understands him very well. The third, Chow Chi Yeuk, is a childhood friend with whom he develops a strong bond with. The fourth, Chiu Mun, is a Mongol princess and his former arch-rival.

There are 2 versions: 37 episodes (TV) | 42 episodes (international).