Deep Garden | |
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Also known as | ''Deep Courtyard |
Chinese | |
Mandarin | Tíng Yuàn Shēn Shēn |
Created by | Chiung Yao |
Screenplay by | Lin Chiu-yu |
Directed by | Liu Li-li |
Starring | |
Country of origin | Taiwan |
Original language(s) | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Ping Hsin-tao |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Chinese Television System |
Original release | May 4, 1987 | –
Deep Garden is a 1987 Taiwanese mystery TV drama series based on romance novelist Chiung Yao's 1969 novel. The series was produced by Chiung Yao's husband Ping Hsin-tao and first shown on Chinese Television System. The title is taken from an 11th-century poem by Ouyang Xiu, which happens to be the favorite line of the mysterious female protagonist.
This series was one of the biggest hits in 1980s Taiwan. In Hong Kong it was broadcast on Asia Television. In Singapore it was shown on Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. In Vietnam it was shown as Xóm vắng ("Deserted Hamlet").