The Winter Melon Tale
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Details
- Title: 大冬瓜
- Cantonese/Mandarin title: Dai Dung Gwa / Da Dong Gua
- English title: The Winter Melon Tale
- Genre: Period drama, fantasy
- Episodes: 20
- Broadcast network: TVB
- Broadcast period: 2009-Mar-09 to 2009-Apr-04
- Air time: Weekdays 20:30-21:30
- Opening theme song: Giant Winter Melon (大冬瓜) by Don Li and Chris Lai
Synopsis
Fan Tung (Liu Kai Chi) is one of the four deities under the Stove God. He has offended the Queen Mother of the West of being ravenous and gets imprisoned for 500 years in the winter melon. By chance Tin Tai Kwai (Sunny Chan) and his wife Chung Pik Yuk (Louisa So) free him from constraint. Tung has crashed with Tai Kwai's older brother Tin Tai Fu accidentally and his spirit enters Tai Fu's body inexplicably while losing all his instincts.
Tung starts living in Kwai's house and gets closer to the family. Yuk finds Tung suspicious and she tries to unmask him by all means. Having failed in his attempt to return to Heaven, Tung becomes reliant on the help of six little deities who assimilated his instincts released from the melon, and since then Tung is aware of the fickleness of human nature. One day, Fu's truant wife Ling Fung (Rain Lau) suddenly returns. She ruins everything and even causes the death of Tai Kwai. In order to get his life back, Tung illicitly breaks into the netherworld. --Astro on Demand
Cast
Tin Family
- Kong Hon (江漢) as Tin Man 田文
- Liu Kai Chi as Tin Tai Fu 田大富 / Fan Tung 范統
- Rain Lau as Ling Fung 凌鳳
- Sunny Chan as Tin Tai Kwai 田大貴
- Jeffrey Wong as Tin Siu Hong 田小康
Chung Family
- Chun Wong as Chung Yuen Si 鍾袁氏
- Ha Ping as Seung Kun Auyeung Si 上官歐陽氏
- Louisa So as Chung Pik Yuk 鍾碧玉 / Wun Sa Fairy 浣紗仙子
- Natalie Wong as Chung Pik Wun 鍾碧雲
- Ellesmere Choi as Wut Gei 屈基
- Jack Wu as Chung Yiu Cho 鍾耀祖
- Mimi Lo as Seung Kun Yun Yee 上官宛兒
Gods and Monsters
- Nancy Wu as Fok Sze Sze 霍思思
- Helen Tam (譚玉瑛) as Queen Mother 王母娘娘 / Tung Lo Fairy 銅鑼仙子
- Alex Lam (林子善) as Jo Gwan 灶君 (Kitchen God)
- Anita Kwan as Fok Siu Ling 霍小玲
- Raymond Wong as Wu Jun Sing 胡進陞
- Oscar Chan as Pa Tsau Cho 怕醜草
- Adam Ip (葉暐) as Wu A Chui 烏鴉嘴
- Russell Cheung (張智軒) as Wu Lung Wong 烏龍王
- Jason Lam (林遠迎) as Dung Gu Tau 冬菰頭
- Nicky Law (羅貫峰) as Dung Gwa Jai 冬瓜仔
Others
- Dexter Young as Suen Ying Sing 孫應聲
- Fiona Yuen
- Henry Lo as Kun Fu 官虎 (Official Tiger)
- Koo Ming Wa (古明華) as Kun Wai 官威 (Official Authority)
- Simon Lo (魯文傑) as Kam Yau Fuk 金有福
- Wong Ching as Kam San 金山
- Lee Fung as Sam Ku 三姑
- Mok Hoi Him (莫凱謙) as Kam Do Bo 金多寶
- Daniel Kwok (郭卓樺) as Kwan Yun 關仁
- Eileen Yeow as Lei Oi 李愛
- Fanny Yip as Chau Wai Ying 周慧英
- Rocky Cheng as Chu Yuk Wing 朱育榮
- Yu Tze Ming as a finance worker
- Karen Lee as Siu To 小桃
- Max Ho (何奕聪) as Chan Pei Mui 陳皮梅
- Hugo Wong (黃子衡) as Lai Ha 賴哈
- Bryant Mak (麥子樂) as Si Ba 史霸
- Winnie Shum (沈穎婷) as Siu Tim 小甜
- Chan Wing Kei (陳榮峻) as Chan Wan Gat 陳運吉
- Yvonne Ho as Yu Mung 如夢
- Chan On Ying as Ma Po 麻婆
- Jim Tang (鄧永健) as an Imperial
- Candy Cheung (張雪芹) as a ko kei 歌姬 (singing girl)
- Li Hung Kit (李鴻杰) Yi Suk Gung 二叔公 (Second Great Uncle)
- JJ Jia as Lei Si 李氏
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Wong Kwok Fai (黃國輝)
- Producer: Poon Ka Tuk (潘嘉德)
Viewership Ratings
| Week | Episodes | Date | Average | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-05 | 2009-Mar-09 - 2009-Mar-13 | 27 | 29 |
| 2 | 06-10 | 2009-Mar-16 - 2009-Mar-20 | 26 | |
| 3 | 11-14 | 2009-Mar-23 - 2009-Mar-26 | 26 | |
| 4 | 15-19 | 2009-Mar-30 - 2009-Apr-03 | ||
| 4 | 20 | 2009-Apr-04 |
Notes
- 2009-Mar-27 broadcast date was suspended.