Old Time Buddy
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Old Time Buddy official poster
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| Genre | Comedy Romance |
| Written by | Chiu Ting-yuen Fong Sai-keung Tsang Bo-wah Dai Tak-gwong |
| Directed by | Chung Shu-kai Mak Koon-chi Chan Wai-koon Cheng Gei-sing Wong Ciu-ying |
| Starring |
Gallen Lo Maggie Cheung Ho-yee Francis Ng Jessica Hsuan |
| Theme music composer | Lincoln Law |
| Opening theme | Old Time Buddy (難兄難弟) by Gallen Lo, Francis Ng, Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Jessica Hsuan |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Tommy Leung |
| Producer(s) | Chung Shu-kai |
| Location(s) | Hong Kong |
| Editor(s) | Chiu Ting-yuen |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
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| Original network | TVB Jade |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 23 June – 26 July 1997 |
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| Followed by | Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief |
| Related shows | Those Were the Days |
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| Chinese | 難兄難弟 | ||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | "Difficult Older Brother, Difficult Younger Brother" | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | nàn xiōng nàn dì |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6 |
Old Time Buddy (Chinese: 難兄難弟; Jyutping: naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6) is a 1997 Hong Kong period comedy television drama created and produced by TVB. The Chinese title translates to "brothers in hardship."
Old Time Buddy is set primarily in the 1960s and tells the story of two struggling young actors who end up becoming Hong Kong's iconic film idols. It stars Francis Ng, Gallen Lo, Jessica Hsuan, and Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, who portray characters based on screen idols Patrick Tse, Lui Kei, Josephine Siao, and Connie Chan respectively.
Original broadcast began on Hong Kong's TVB Jade channel from June 23 till July 26, 1997 every Monday through Friday during its 7:30 to 8:30 pm timeslot with a total of 25 episodes.
Present day 1997, legendary Hong Kong actor Tse Yuen (Francis Ng) is to receive an achievement award. On a live broadcast interview he calls out his former friend Lee Kei (Gallen Lo) to show up at the film studio that night so that he can share his award with him. Lee Kei who happens to be passing by an electronic store sees his interview.
In 1964 Tse Yuen is an unambitious young man who lives in his family multi dwelled apartment. Each day before work he spies on Ah Jan, the herbal tea shop girl he has been in love with for a long time. He works as an inefficient dim sum waiter who is only able to hold on to his job because his boss's fat daughter likes him. She sexually harasses him daily, not wanting to offend her advances he has to climb out a window and down a fire escape to get off work each day. One day he sees a young man near the pier that he thinks is about to commit suicide, wanting to save him the two fall into the harbor. The man who was only picking up a racing ticket turns out to be his former classmate Lee Kei.
Lee Kei is a smart aleck who doesn't like hard labor and has a kind heart. Due to his kindness he gives up a job opportunity to someone more in need. His unemployed situation causes him to be evicted from the room he is renting. however luck is on his side as that same day he encounters Yuen again and gets Yuen to take him in. Soon Yuen starts to regret running into Kei again as he thinks Kei is trying to steal Ah Jan and after following Kei's advice on how to bluntly reject his boss's fat daughter he is fired from his job. But when Kei helps set him up on a date with Ah Jan he is glad he took in Kei.
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