Bottled Passion is a Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Lee Tim-shing. The drama premiered on Jade and HD Jade channels on 6 December 2011 and ended its run on 2 January 2012 with a total of 21 episodes. The Chinese title literally translates to "My Ideal Cruel Husband" (Chinese: 我的如意狼君; Cantonese Yale: ngo5 dik1 yu4 yi3 long4 gwan1), with a wordplay on the words "long4 gwan1" (郎君), meaning "husband" or "pimp", and "long4" (狼), meaning "cruel" or "cunning".
Synopsis
Tung Kwok Hing (Rebecca Chan) adopted an orphan and claimed he was Ko Yi Ho (Raymond Wong), the illegitimate child that her husband Ko Siu Tong (Samuel Kwok) had been searching for many years. Tong believed Ho was more suitable than his oldest son Ko Yi Tai (Joel Chan) to be his successor, which later led to Mrs. Ko's discontent. Eventually Ho was kicked out of the family, leaving him homeless. Living out alone, Ho got a taste of the bitterness in life and was determined to return home and take revenge on his adopted family under a different name Tung Bun Sin. Under his new identity, he vowed to give them a taste of losing their loved ones. Meanwhile, he runs into the naive, trusting Tsui Sum (Niki Chow), who had just taken over her family business. Seeing an opportunity, Ho deceives Tsui Sum of her family business and all her family's money in order to get closer to the Ko family. However, old ties, secrets, and memories of a childhood sweetheart come back to haunt him. Eventually Ho embarks on a road that threatens the lives of all he holds dear, and the life of the only woman he's ever loved.
He and Tsui Sum were orphans together. When Tsui Sum was young, she lost her memory in an accident. She was later adopted by an owner of a sauce manufacturing factory, and became in charge of the factory. When she grew up, she meets him again. In order to exact revenge, he enters the factory. Later, they fall in love, and Tsui Sum regains her memory, only to discover her childhood friend is on the road to evil Stabbed by Yee-kiu in Ep.21 and struggled out to a boat and might've died drifting out to sea, since he was stroking Tsui Sum when she was possibly not dreaming. Even six years later, some viewers still believe Tung Bun Sin lived and will meet Tsui Sum at their meeting place.
Age 50 Mr. Ko's wife Ko Yee-tai, Ko Yee-kiu and Ko Yee-nga's mother Mr. Ko's wife who adopts Bun-sin and lies to Mr. Ko that he was his long lost son, Yee-ho. When Mr. Ko decides that Bun-sin makes a better heir than her own son Yee-tai, she ruthlessly banishes Bun-sin from the family. Prisoned and died in Ep.20 of heart problem (Main villain)
Age 30 He is the Ko family's eldest and only son, who is one step closer to inheriting his family's business after his mother kicked out Bun-sin. Died in Ep.20 after falling off a cliff. (Main villain)
Age 26 Yee-tai's younger sister, who is also one of Bun-sin's love victims. Hui Man Hon's fiancee, later broke up. Stabs Bun-sin in revenge in Ep.21 and commits suicide. Saved but falls in coma.
Lau Suet Ling's son Tsui Sum and Tsui Ping's brother The youngest son of the Tsui family, who is educated. He does not take part in the family's sauce manufacturing factory, as he tries to make money in the stock market, which later causes a crisis for the family.
Ko Yee-tai's mistress, after crash Committed suicide in Episode 1
Raymond Chiu
Pan-Zijian 潘子健
Secret boyfriend of Ko Yee-Kiu
Episode 4: Arm broken by Tung Kwok-hing
Episode5: Joins Tung Pun-Sin for revenge against the Ko family, rehired by the Ko family
Mok Wai Man
Uncle Shek 石叔
Mr. Tung's housekeeper Assisted Lee Ho to counterfeit Tung Bin-sin