Triumph Over Evil 真命天師 |
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Genre | Costume drama Action Fantasy Horror Supernatural |
Created by | Siu Hin Fai |
Written by | Ng Lap Kwong |
Starring |
Ben Wong Nick Cheung Hilary Tsui Joyce Tang Jay Lau Chor Yuen |
Theme music composer | Chung Hing Hung |
Opening theme | In Life (人生中) by Patrick Tam |
Ending theme | Only One Possible (只得一個可能) by Patrick Tam and Maggie Tziong |
Composer(s) | Dennie Wong |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language(s) | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 15 (Hong Kong) 20 (Overseas) |
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Producer(s) | Siu Hin Fai |
Location(s) | Hong Kong |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Production company(s) | TVB |
Release | |
Original network | TVB Jade |
Original release | 22 December 1997 | – 9 January 1998
External links | |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 真命天師 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 真命天师 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Destiny Master" | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhēn Mìng Tián Shī |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Zan1 Ming6 Tin1 Si1 |
Triumph Over Evil is a 1997 Hong Kong period serial drama produced by TVB and starring Ben Wong in his first leading role and co-starring Nick Cheung and Hilary Tsui.
Nin (Ben Wong), a humble and low-ranking official, accidentally killed the evil monk's foster son when he tried to arrest the fiddler Tin (Nick Cheung). Nin then discovered that he was destined to fight against the spirits and demons. But what he really wants is to marry the girl of his dreams, Ching Ching (Joyce Tang). The evil monk then sent his apprentice Ho Po Chi (Jay Lau) to befriend with Tin in disguise. Nin was always at risk but fortunately saved by Yuen Tan Chi (Hilary Tsui).
At the time when Nin decided to take on the mission and fight against the demons, he had to speed up himself with the magic arts and kung fu ...