Return of the Cuckoo

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Return of the Cuckoo
十月初五的月光
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GenreModern drama
Created byChan Bo-Wah
Chan Bo-Yin
Man Kin-Fai
Ko Wai-Man
StarringJulian Cheung
Charmaine Sheh
Nancy Sit
Steven Ma
Michael Tong
Theme music composerCho Kyu-man
Opening theme"Wishing Kwan Well" by Julian Cheung
Ending theme"Cannot Forget" by Steven Ma
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerTsui Yu-On
Production locationsMacau
Hong Kong
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes (each)
Release
Original networkTVB
Original release10 July (2000-07-10) –
4 August 2000 (2000-08-04)
External links
Website

Return of the Cuckoo (Traditional Chinese: 十月初五的月光, literally "The Moonlight at the 5th of October [Street]", also known as 澳門街, literally "The Streets of Macao") is a 20-episode TVB drama broadcast between July 2000 and August 2000. It was originally produced to be a sitcom, however later edits made the production into a regular drama.

Synopsis[]

As a child, Man Cho (Julian Cheung) was rendered mute as a result of the cruel actions of his mother and was adopted by the kind-hearted Ah Kiu (Nancy Sit). Man Cho grew up with Ah Kiu's daughter Kwan-Ho (Charmaine Sheh), and the two eventually develop romantic feelings for one another. Man Cho is extremely self-sacrificing, has an inferiority complex due to his disability, and therefore feels unworthy for Kwan-Ho. Ah Kiu is also against their relationship and things are further complicated when Szto Lai-Sun (Steven Ma) enters the picture after falling for Kwan-Ho too.

Cast[]

Sequel & Remake[]

The movie version of Return of the Cuckoo was released in the fall of 2015. It is a continuation of the story where the drama left off.

A remake under the same title in Chinese, but titled in English, was released in November 2021 on TVB starring and Hubert Wu.[1] However, it immediately received criticism from audiences despite only several episodes having aired.[2]

Awards and achievements[]

TVB Anniversary Awards (2000)

  • "Favorite On-screen Partners" (Julian Cheung and Charmaine Sheh – Man Chor and Chuk Kwan-Ho)
  • "Top 10 Favorite Television Characters" (Julian Cheung – Man Chor)
  • "Top 10 Favorite Television Characters" (Charmaine Sheh – Chuk Kwan-Ho)
  • "Top 10 Favorite Television Characters" (Nancy Sit – Chu Sa-Kiu)

References[]

  1. ^ 黃梓恒 (22 November 2021). "十月初五的月光｜翻拍唔一定係破壞經典 但真係一場賭博". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. ^ "十月初五的月光｜首播劇情悶又老土 網民：睇緊粵語長片咁". hk.news.yahoo.com (in zh-Hant-HK). Retrieved 25 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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