Portrait of Home
| Portrait of Home (同心圆) |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Modern Drama |
| Created by | Ng Kah Huay (黄佳华） |
| Written by | Lim Gim Lan (林锦兰) Phang Kai Yee (彭凯毅) |
| Directed by | Loo Yin Kam (卢燕金) Tay Peck Choo (郑碧珠) |
| Starring |
Chen Shucheng Adrian Pang Xiang Yun Louise Lee Richard Low Cynthia Koh Yvonne Lim |
| Opening theme | 同心圓 by 樂声, 吳幸荣, 王敏惠, 察美仪 |
| Ending theme | 1) 話題 by 樂生 & 王敏惠 2)男人心 by 吳幸荣 |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Li Ningqiang (李宁强） |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MediaCorp |
| Original release | 2004 – 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Double Happiness |
| Followed by | Kinship |
| Related shows | Portrait of Home II (2005 - 2006) |
Portrait of Home (Chinese: 同心圆) is a Chinese language drama serial which was filmed for and broadcast on Singapore's Mediacorp TV Channel 8 in 2005. It was a long form drama.
The show has 100 episodes telecast in two segments, the first with 60 episodes and the second with 40 episodes. Part 1 was aired from 16 May 2005 to 15 August 2005 while part 2 was aired from 11 October 2005 to 5 December 2005.
It stars the award-winning veteran Hong Kong actress Louise Lee of A Kindred Spirit fame and Adrian Pang in his first appearance in a Mediacorp production. This is the first drama that has the same theme song for both season 1 & 2.
The Fishball factory Tong Xin Yuan is a successful local business, with thriving sales in both Singapore and overseas. But behind the company lies a dark mystery.
The founder of Tong Xin Yuan, Zhou Dong (Chen Shucheng), married a beautiful factory worker Li Tian (Louise Li) many years ago. They had three sons – Dadi (Adrian Pang), Dashan (San Yow) and Daqiu (Cavin Soh). Zhou Dong disappeared after a kidnap attempt went awry; not even his body was found.
Without the master around, a faithful worker in Tong Xin Yuan, Lin Shitou (Richard Low) took up the task of overlooking the factory. Three years later, Shitou married Li Tian and had another 3 sons – Dahai (Terence Cao), Dayang (Pierre Png) and Dajiang (Zhang Yaodong). From then on, rumours abound that Shitou killed Zhou Dong and usurped both his factory and wife.
Tong Xin Yuan grew tremendously under Shitou and Li Tian’s management, and all six sons receive the same treatment. Li Tian, in an effort to let her children remain close by her side for as long as possible, as well as to encourage them to love and support each other, built a block of apartments with seven units inside. She lives in one of the units with her husband, with the remaining six units planned for her children. They may move into their unit only after marriage, and if they should choose not to move in, they will automatically forfeit all rights to the unit. Li Tian has even set a family regulation that no matter how busy each family member is, everyone has to turn up at her unit for a meal at least once a week.
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