My Date with a Vampire

My Date with a Vampire
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Genre	Fantasy, jiangshi fiction, horror comedy, supernatural, romance
Written by	Leung Lap-yan Cheung Sai-cheung Shum Lap-keung Yip Tin-sing Fan Lai-ming Wong Chiu-cheung Siu Kwok-wah Kwan Bing-hung Hui Sa-long Kwok Po-yin
Directed by	Chan San-hap Tang Wai-yan Lee Leung-sing Wong Wai-kit Poon Ka-fuk Chan Kwok-wah Tang Hin-sing
Starring	Eric Wan Joey Meng Kristy Yang Kenneth Chan Berg Ng Pinky Cheung Chapman To Cheung Kwok-kuen Wong Shee-tong Lisa Lui Yeung Ka-nok Keung Ho-men Sin Ho-ying Ching Tung Wai Lit
Opening theme	Mung Lei Si Seui (夢裡是誰; Who's in the Dream) performed by Linda Wong
Composer(s)	Michael Lai
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	35
Production
Producer(s)	Leung Tin Sin Chi-wai
Location(s)	Hong Kong
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	ATV
Release
Original network	ATV
Original release	30 November 1998 – 15 January 1999
Chronology
Followed by	My Date with a Vampire II (2000)
Related shows	Vampire Expert (1995–1996)

My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV. The story is based on the future events of the plot of Vampire Expert, a similar two-season television drama aired on ATV in 1995 and 1996. It blends aspects of the "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology and modern horror legends. The series is a tribute to Lam Ching-ying, the lead actor of Vampire Expert and a prominent cast member in the Mr. Vampire franchise, who died of liver cancer in 1997. It was followed by My Date with a Vampire II (2000) and My Date with a Vampire III (2004).

According to Netease Report, Fox Networks Group will remake the series. Cora Yim, the head of Fox Networks Group Asia, claimed that one-third of ATV's inventory had been acquired by Fox Networks Group, including 28 television series; My Date with a Vampire is one of the 28.

Fong Kwok-wah is a Chinese guerrilla fighter from the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1938, he was fighting with Yamamoto Kazuo, a major of the Imperial Japanese Army, when they were interrupted by Cheung San, the progenitor of all vampires. The two men and a boy named Fuk-sang were bitten by Cheung San and they become vampires.

In present-day 1998, Fong lives in Hong Kong under a new name, Fong Tin-yau. His physical appearance has not changed since 60 years ago. He works as a policeman while Fuk-sang lives with him, attends primary school, and pretends to be his son. Fong meets Ma Siu-ling, the heiress to a clan of ghostbusters who have dedicated themselves to ridding the world of evil supernatural beings. Fong gradually becomes embroiled in a love triangle with Ma and Wong Jan-jan, Ma's close friend and confidante.