Blue Veins (TV series)
| Blue Veins 殭 | |
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 Blue Veins official poster | |
| Also known as | Vampire |
| Genre |
Supernatural Fantasy Romance |
| Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
| Written by |
Yip Tin-shing Lo Mei-wan Chan Po-yin |
| Starring |
Kevin Cheng Kay Tse Grace Chan Wong You-nam Anjaylia Chan Luk Wing Winki Lai Joel Chan Eddie Kwan Moon Lau Hubert Wu Law Lan |
| Theme music composer |
Endy Chow Goro Wong |
| Opening theme | Immortal Chaos (諸神混亂) by Kay Tse |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Catherine Tsang |
| Producer(s) | Joe Chan |
| Production location(s) |
Hong Kong Netherlands |
| Editor(s) |
Yip Tin-shing Lo Mei-wan Chan Po-yin |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB Jade |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 11 April – 15 May 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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| Chinese | 殭 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 僵 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Gēung | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Vampire" | ||||||||||||||||
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Blue Veins (Chinese: 殭; Cantonese Yale: Gēung; literally "Vampire") is a 2016 Hong Kong supernatural television drama produced by Joe Chan Wai-Kun for TVB, starring Kevin Cheng, Kay Tse and Grace Chan. Filming took place from April to July 2015 on location in Hong Kong and the Netherlands. It premiered on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and Malaysia's Astro On Demand on April 11, 2016, airing Monday through Sunday during its 9:30-10:30 pm timeslot.[1]
The fictional show is about nine immortal humans who fight against vampires.
Plot
Five hundred years ago, ten members of Kam-Yi-Wai took an order to kill a group of vampires of unknown origins. All except one were killed by vampires. After the vampires left, the nine Kam-Yi-Wai's dead bodies were struck by lightning and turned into super powered immortals. In the present, the nine immortal humans hide amongst the people, seeking and killing vampires. They believe that they can be mortal again if they kill all the vampires.
Lam Mung-Nam is a vampire who has lost her memories and abilities as a vampire after drinking purified spring water and has been adopted by Wong Chi-Hung, a retired doctor. Living as a human and working as a forensics medical doctor, Mung-Nam resides with her human sister, Lam Mung-Yiu, who has been unable to speak for over a decade after witnessing the deaths of her parents at the hands of vampires. Meanwhile, Mung-Nam's former lover, immortal Ying Wut-Zoek, watches over her while running a Japanese restaurant.
During a trip to the Netherlands, Mung-Yiu and her friends supernatural enthusiastic "Ghost" Yau Ling-Mui, martial arts students Ho Nin and Ho Yuet, and Mung-Nam's forensic lab assistant C-Kun become involved with supernatural occurrences after Ghost steals a ring from the tomb of vampire Xenia. Despite Xenia appearing to request the return of the ring, Ghost refuses and takes it back to Hong Kong. The group discovers vampires appearing frequently in Hong Kong. When Ho Nin, Ho Yuet, and C-Kun's martial arts master Kam Kin is killed, Ying becomes their new master at the dying behest of Kam Kin and begins to train them as vampire hunters. Meanwhile, Mung-Nam has begun to reawaken as a vampire and regain her lost memories, and begins to desperately find a cure to vampirism.
Cast
Main
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Kevin Cheng | Ying Wut-zeok/Ying Yin 刑活著 (homophone to Still alive, 仍活著) | undead human and vampire hunter.
Later, he temporarily turns back into an ordinary human due to Mung-Nam dripping some of her vampire blood containing water from the purifying spring in episode 28 onto his mortal wound. He gains back his undead human powers after Ying-tin is killed off by the blinded vampire in episode 31. |
| Kay Tse | Lam Mung-Nam 藍夢南 | Amelia, one of the first-generation vampires, but wants to live as a human.
Lam Mung-Yiu's older sister. She has the ability to revive the dead for one minute. She recovers her memory back after being bitten by Ling Feng in episode 32 and goes back to the future after discovering the antibiotic medicine in episode 33. Eventually, she becomes human again and is together with Ying Wut-zeok in episode 33. |
| Grace Chan | Sheung-Kun Kam-Ling 上官金鈴 | a magician living during the Ming Dynasty and Ying's wife at the time.
She committed suicide in fear of letting the unaging Ying see her grow old whilst he remained young. |
| Yo-Yo Lam Mung-Yiu 藍夢瑤 | a university biology student and later Kam-Tin Medical Factory's research assistant.
Mung-Nam's younger sister. Her parents were killed by vampires ten years ago. She allows Ling Fung to turn her into a vampire episode 25 because she believes that Ying will return her love if she cannot die from old age as Kam-Ling would. She is thrown into the future portal by Ling Fung in episode 33 while trying to save her sister. | |
Humans
- Law Lan as Lam Wong Chi-hung (藍黃紫紅) (same as blue, yellow, purple, red), a retired doctor, Mung-Nam's friend and later grandmother.
- Wong You-nam as Ho Nin (何年) (same as what year), a comic writer and also Kin's student; he is later Ying's student. He is later Mui's boyfriend.
- Anjaylia Chan (陳嘉寶) as Ho Yuet (何月) (same as what month), Ho Nin's younger sister and university student, an archer. She is Kin's student, and later Ying's student. She is the only student who is better than her brother and C Kwan in martial arts, although she only learns martial arts as a hobby. C Kwan is later her love interest. Later in episode 29, she turns into a zombie after being bitten by Ling Fung and she tries to kill Ying. She passes away in episode 32 and leaves all her last words with Lam Mung-Nam's "1-minute back alive" ability.
- Lai Wai-ling as Ghost Yau Ling-mui (丘玲梅) (homophone to ghost whisperer, 幽靈媒), a fortune teller in university and Ho Yuet's best friend. She is obsessed with the supernatural. She is later Nin's wife and they have a son called Ho Yat (何日) (same as what day).
- Luk Wing (陸永) as "C Kwan (C君)" Kan Ting-si (簡霆斯) (homophone to choose first, 揀定先), a forensic scientist. He is also Kin's student, and later Ying's student. He has so much difficulty in choosing things that he often can't make decisions on his own. He later has a crush on Ho Yuet.
- Moon Lau (劉佩玥) as Pong Ying-tin's Assistant,
- Chun Wong (秦煌) as Kam Kin (金堅) (same as as hard as gold)
- Lam Tsz-sin as young Kam Kin , Ying Wot-zeok best friend. Nin, Yuet and C Kwan's master. He passes away in episode 9 while betting with Ying Wut-zeok to accept Ho Nin, Ho Yuet and C Kwan.
- William Fung as Tsui Lung-chu, Ying Wut-zeok companion drink and friend.
- Tai Yiu Ming
Vampires
- Joel Chan as Ling Fung (凌風); Sheldon, one of the first-generation vampires. He is given the instruction to assist Lam Mung-Nam in retrieving the antibiotic for the future virus. He is bitten by Lam Mung-Nam whilst travelling in the future portal and becomes a vampire. Killed by Ying Wut-zeok in episode 33.
- Hubert Wu as Pong Kit (龐杰), son of Pong Ying-tin, has the vampire ability to stop time for a short period. He is a fan of Ho Nin's writing, and they become friends. He dies in episode 29.
- Jeannie Chan as Yuen Bing (阮冰), a human who turned into a vampire in order to revenge and kill man that hates girls. Killed by Ling Fung in Episode 32.
- Vincent Wai Lam as Ngok Yat-ming, a blinded Vampire, an ordinary blinded human who turned into vampire in order to revenge with Ying Wut-zeok 200 years ago. He accepts a challenge from Pong Ying-tin and kills him in episode 31 after Ying Wut-zeok loses in power. Killed by Pong Ying-tin assistant in episode 32.
- Alan Wan
Undead-Humans
- Eddie Kwan as Pong Ying-tin (龐應天), father of Pong Kit. He is killed by the blinded vampire in episode 31.
Guest Appearance
- Lo Mang as Chan Tai-ping, Kam Kin rivals, reveals as vampire by Ying Wut-zeok and killed by vampire in episode 9
- Ho Ying Sin as participant
- James Ng as Ah Fu
- Stephanie Ho as Ding Heung (丁香), a chinese vampires. (Guest Appearance in episode 27)
Original Soundtrack
| Blue Veins Original Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Genre | Pop, soundtrack |
| Track listing | |||
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| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
| 1. | "All Gods Confusion (諸神混亂)" (Opening & Ending 1) | Kay Tse (謝安琪) | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Heaven and Earth (天地不容)" (Ending 2) | Hubert Wu (胡鴻鈞) | 3.15 |
| 3. | "The Only One" | Stephanie Ho (何雁詩) | 3.05 |
Viewership ratings
| Timeslot (HKT) | # | Day(s) | Week | Episode(s) | Average points | Peaking points |
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(9:30-10:30 pm) 21:30–22:30 |
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| Total average | ||||||
International broadcast
See also
References
- ↑ TVB新劇《殭》劇情介紹 (in Chinese) Retrieved May 9, 2016