The Guest People

The Guest People
客家之歌
Starring Christopher Lee
Chen Hanwei
Xie Shaoguang
Jason Oh
Ann Kok
Jacelyn Tay
Country of origin Singapore
Original language(s) Mandarin and small amount of Hakka
No. of episodes 30
Release
Original network Television Corporation of Singapore (now Mediacorp Channel 8)
Picture format 576i PAL
Original release November 11, 1997 (1997-11-11)
Chronology
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The Guest People (Chinese: 客家之歌) is a Singaporean Chinese drama produced by Television Corporation of Singapore (now Mediacorp Channel 8) in 1997.[1][2]

Set in the 1930s to 1950s, the story is about four young Hakka men who migrated to Singapore from China and were caught in the tumultuous anti-colonial period of the country’s history.

It stars Christopher Lee, Chen Hanwei,[3] Xie Shaoguang,[4] Jason Oh, Ann Kok and Jacelyn Tay. Others in the cast include Chen Huihui, Li Yinzhu, Chen Shucheng, Huang Peiru, Mai Hao Wei and Liang Wei Dong.

The drama was nominated for the Best Drama awards at the Asian Television Awards and the New York Television Festival in 1998.

It was dubbed in the Hakka language and broadcast in Taiwan.

  1. ↑ "The Guest People".
  2. ↑ "新加坡经典剧集推荐之《客家之歌》".
  3. ↑ "Chen Hanwei".
  4. ↑ "Xie Shao Guang" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-03.
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