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Genre |
Period drama Fantasy Adventure Mystery |
Created by | Nelson Cheung Wong Kwok-fai |
Based on |
Wisely Series by Ni Kuang |
Written by | Wong Kwok-fai |
Starring |
Gallen Lo Yoyo Mung Matt Yeung Mak Cheung-ching Michael Tong Tavia Yeung Power Chan Eddy Ko Roger Kwok Anne Heung |
Theme music composer | Chan Tsung-hung |
Opening theme | Mei Loi Dik Sau Mong Je (未來的守望者) performed by Gallen Lo |
Ending theme | Yu Gwo Sai Kai Mat Yau Nei (如果世界沒有你) performed by Gallen Lo |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language(s) | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Executive producer(s) | Nelson Cheung |
Location(s) | Hong Kong Shanghai, China |
Running time | 45 minutes (each) |
Production company(s) | TVB |
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Original network | Jade |
Original release | 2 June – 11 July 2003 |
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Website |
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Traditional Chinese | 衛斯理 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 卫斯理 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Wisely" | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wèi Sī Lǐ |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Wai6 Si1 Lei5 |
The 'W' Files (衛斯理) is a 2003 Hong Kong fantasy-adventure-mystery television period drama serial based on Ni Kuang's novel series Wisely Series, starring Gallen Lo as Wisely. The series was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong from 2 June to 11 July 2003. The 30-episodes long series contains a total of eight different stories, set in China in the 1930s.
In the 1930s, Wisely returns to China from his overseas studies and runs a detective agency in Shanghai to investigate paranormal events. He meets a doctor named Pak So and she becomes his love interest, but they encounter several trials and tribulations to test their love before they finally get together. The series is divided into eight different stories, with Wisely and his team setting off to investigate and crack each mystery case. The stories are listed as follows: