Love and Again

Love and Again
Official poster
駁命老公追老婆
GenreModern drama
Supernatural
Fantasy
Romance
Comedy
Written byWong Kwok Fai
Ng Lap Kwong
StarringAlex Fong
Sonija Kwok
Moses Chan
Michael Tse
Fiona Yuen
Angela Tong
Leila Tong
Theme music composerLouis Cheung
Opening themeTry Again by Sammi Cheng
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerChong Wai-kin
Production locationHong Kong
Camera setupMulti camera
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade
Release1 March (2011-03-01) –
26 March 2011 (2011-03-26)
Love and Again
Traditional Chinese駁命老公追老婆
Simplified Chinese驳命老公追老婆
Literal meaning"Husband Chases Wife With All His Might"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBómìng Lǎogōng Zhuī Lǎopó
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingBok3 Meng6 Lou2 Gung1 Zeoi1 Lou2 Po4

Love and Again is a Hong Kong modern drama series produced by TVB starring Alex Fong, Sonija Kwok, Moses Chan, Michael Tse and Fiona Yuen. It was filmed from 2001 to 2002 and premiered overseas in November 2002. Then, it premiered on TVB Pay Vision on 29 March 2004 and ended on 23 April 2004. Later, it premiered on TVB Jade on 1 March 2011 and ended on 26 March.

Plot

Lau Fuk Wing (Michael Tse) and Suen Siu Yuet (Sonija Kwok) were a married couple with a child. Due to a car accident caused by Andy Leung Tak Wah (Alex Fong), an arrogant man disliked by those around him, Fuk Wing died and left Siu Yuet in grief.

Fuk Wing's soul refuses to reincarnate due to the feeling of injustice of how he died. So with the help of a ghost Ngau Yat Yat (Fiona Yuen), his soul accidentally enters the body of Tak Wah and once again tries pursue his wife as Tak Wah. As a result, he fails many times in trying to win Siu Yuet over after she finds out that Tak Wah was the one to cause Fuk Wing's death. Even after she is able to forgive that, a new man enters the scene and becomes another love rival to Fuk Wing/Tak Wa: Angus Ying Chun (Moses Chan), her dancing instructor.

Cast

The Leung family

Cast Role Description
Yu Chi Ming (余子明) Leung Kwai Chuen
梁貴全
Leung Tak Wah's father
In episode 20, he originally died of suicide by jumping off from the rooftop that he was living after his son took back his own body from Fuk Wing after killing him and Siu Yuet in the same way that killed him but his suicide was reverted after Tak Wah was devastated and filled with regrets after the suicide and pleaded Luk Poon to revert everything he did before crashing the taxi which killed Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet.
Alex Fong Leung Tak Wah (Andy)
梁德華
Star Entertainment Group artiste manager
Leung Kwai Chuen's son
Ying Chun's good friend
Fong Mei Sze's former love interest
Due to his family being poor, his mother passed away from an illness which leaded him becoming a greedy person and began his gambling addiction since his study years.
Died of car accident in episode 1, his body was then used by Lau Fuk Wing to come back to life
In episode 19, his spirit comes back to life in a body resembling Lau Fuk Wing and pretends to be him to take back his own body from him. He attempted many ways to take back his body from Fuk Wing such as blackmailing him that he will hurt Siu Yuet if he doesn't give back his body. He eventually took back his body after killing Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet in the same way that killed him but eventually filled with regrets as his father killed himself by jumping off from the rooftop that he was living in and pleaded Luk Poon to revert everything he did before crashing the taxi which killed Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet.
In the ending of episode 20, it is revealed that he has been reincarnated to Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet's male twin son after Fuk Wing saw the latter holding a cotton bud pointing at the birds that Kwai Chuen kept on a tree.

The Lau family

Cast Role Description
Teresa Ha (夏萍) Chiu Lai King
趙麗瓊
Lau Fuk Wing and Lau Fuk Mui's mother
Michael Tse Lau Fuk Wing
劉福榮
Fuk Wing Renovate Company owner and taxi driver
Chiu Lau King's son
Lau Fuk Mui's older brother
Suen Siu Yuet's husband
Lau Chui Yee's father
Died in from a car accident in episode 1, later used Leung Tak Wah's body to come back to life
Near the end, Leung Tak Wah's spirit uses Ng Lap Kwong's body, which resembles Lau's, to impersonate Lau
Sonija Kwok Suen Siu Yuet
孫小玥
Fuk Wing Renovate Company owner and Star Entertainment Group staff
Lau Fuk Wing's wife
Lau Chui Yee's mother
Ying Chun's love interest
Leila Tong Lau Fuk Mui (Bobo)
劉福梅
Star Entertainment Group artiste
Chiu Lai King's daughter
Lau Fuk Wing's younger sister
KwokSze Yuen's love interest
Hung Pui San (洪珮珊) Lau Chui Yee
劉翠怡
Lau Fuk Wing and Suen Siu Yuet's daughter

The Ying family

Cast Role Description
Cecilia Fong (方伊琪) Chui Ting
崔婷
Ying Chun and Ying Fung's mother
Moses Chan Ying Chun (Angus)
邢浚
Ying Gate Dancing Group owner and dancer
Chui Ting's older son
Ying Fung's older brother
Leung Tak Wah's good friend
Matt Yeung Ying Fung (Ryan)
邢豐
Star Entertainment Group singer
Ying Chun's younger brother
Chui Ting's younger son

Star Entertainment Group (星藝公司)

Cast Role Description
Leung Kin Ping (梁健平) KK Star Entertainment Group boss
Alex Fong Leung Tak Wah (Andy)
梁德華
Star Entertainment Group artiste manager
See The Leung family
Angela Tong Fong Mei Sze (Macy)
方美斯
Star Entertainment Group Promotion PR manager
Lo Yan Ping's girlfriend
Admired Leung Tak Wah
Sonija Kwok Suen Siu Yuet
孫小玥
Star Entertainment Group staff
See The Lau family
Leila Tong Lau Fuk Mui (Bobo)
劉福梅
Star Entertainment Group artiste
See The Lau family
Matt Yeung Ying Fung (Ryan)
邢豐
Star Entertainment Group singer
See The Ying family
Dickson Lee (李家聲) Lo Yan Ping (Ringo)
路仁秉
Composer
Fong Mei Sze's boyfriend
Josephine Shum (岑寶兒) Fu Sing Mung
傅星夢
Star Entertainment Group artiste
Siu Chuen Yung (邵傳勇) Tse Koon Hei (Fred)
譚冠希
Lam Pui Kwan (林佩君) Rashel Star Entertainment Group staff
Yau Ching (尤程) Monica
Yip Chun Sing (葉振聲) Joe
Bond Chan (陳少邦) Nick
Jason Lam (林遠迎) Jason
Yu Mo Lin (余慕蓮) Siister Ngo
娥姐
Janitor

Underworld

Cast Role Description
Tam Yat Ching (譚一清) Luk Poon
陸判
Ngau Yat Yat and Ma Sam Sam's superior
Fiona Yuen Ngau Yat Yat
牛一一
Ox-Head of the underworld
Luk Poon's subordinate
Admires Leung Tak Wah
Ngok Fung (岳峰) Ma Sam Sam
馬三三
Horse-Face of the underworld
Luk Poon's subordinate

Other cast

Cast Role Description
Gregory Lee (李泳豪) Kwok Sze Yuen
郭思源
Fuk Wing Renovate Company worker
Loves Lau Fuk Mui
Mok Lan's son
Mimi Chu (朱咪咪) Mok Lan
葉蘭
Herb Tea store owner
Kwok Sze Yuen's mother
Kenneth Ma Sales agent A
經理甲
Poon Koon Lam (潘冠霖) 邢浚女友
Ying Chun's girlfriend
Tsui Wing Mister Fok
霍先生
Merry Auto East Asia CEO
Tsang Wai Wan (曾慧雲) Maple Ying Gate Dancing Group staff
Yvonne Ho (何綺雲) Mei Kwan
美君
Suen Siu Yuet's dancing friend
Ngai Wai Man (魏惠文) Doctor
醫生
Daniel Kwok (郭卓樺) Reporter
記者
Law Chung Wah (羅頌華) Mister Yuen
阮生

Reception

Critical reception

Love and Again has received generally mixed reviews from critics. On Douban, the serial received a rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on over two hundred votes.[1]

Love and Again has been criticized due to its theme being unclear and with the logic displayed in it which caused its ratings being mixed. However as years went by after its run, most viewers started to enjoy the show and compared it with the dramas that TVB produced nowadays.

References

  1. ^ "Love and Again at Douban". Douban (in Chinese).