Time Before Time
| Time Before Time 大鬧廣昌隆 |
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Time Before Time promo poster
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| Genre | Romance / Suspense |
| Created by | Yeung Kam Tsuen |
| Starring |
Kathy Chow Gordon Lam |
| Opening theme | Holding Your Beloved (抱緊眼前人) by Anita Mui |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Producer(s) | Yeung Kam Tsuen |
| Location(s) | Hong Kong |
| Running time | 45 mins |
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| Original network | TVB |
| Original release | 4 August – 29 August 1997 |
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Title screen shot
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| Traditional Chinese | 大鬧廣昌隆 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 大闹广昌隆 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | dà nào guǎng chāng lóng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | daai6 naau6 gwong2 coeng1 lung4 |
Time Before Time (Chinese title: 大鬧廣昌隆) was the most successful TVB series released in Hong Kong in 1997, the year that Hong Kong was transferred back to China. The series stars Gordon Lam and Kathy Chow with the storyline dealing greatly with the themes of fate, love and traditional Chinese supernatural beliefs.
In 1922 a young couple, Luk Wan-kwong (Gordon Lam) and Siu Fu-yung (Kathy Chow) were murdered in Guangzhou, China. From the time of their death, the warehouse store "Guang chang lung" passes to Luk's surviving brothers. The mystery of their deaths is never solved, though rumours begin that the store has become inhabited by a female ghost.
In 1947 Hong Kong a lazy 25-year-old coolie named Dai-kwong finds work in the same warehouse store. One night in the allegedly haunted store, he accidentally releases the ghost of Siu Fu-yung from an old oil-paper umbrella. She mistakes Dai-kwong for her lover since he looks exactly the same as her husband Wan-kwong who died 20 years ago. Frightened half to death, Dai-kwong explains that he is not the one she’s looking for and reluctantly promises to help her find her lost lover.
Through a radio station, the ghost of Siu Fu-yung retells her tragic life by possessing the body of the radio host. As time goes on Dai-kwong falls in love with the female ghost and jeopardizes his relationship with his real wife. Later during a stormy night, memories of Dai-kwong’s previous life return and he realises that he is the reincarnation of Luk Wan-kwong. Both in his present and past life he has coincidentally been given the same name, "Kwong". The mystery of who killed Luk Wan-kwong and Siu Fu-yung begins to unravel.
In the 1990s, Fu-yung and Kwong are again reincarnated and it is again their fate to meet again. Fortunately, unlike their previous two lifetimes, it is hinted that this time the two lovers will live happily ever after.
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