My Date with a Vampire

My Date with a Vampire
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Genre	Fantasy, supernatural, romance
Written by	Leung Lap-yan Cheung Sai-cheung Shum Lap-keung Yip Tin-sing Fan Lai-ming Wong Chiu-cheung Siu Kwok-wah Kwan Bing-hung Hui Sa-long Kwok Po-yin
Directed by	Chan San-hap Tang Wai-yan Lee Leung-sing Wong Wai-kit Poon Ka-fuk Chan Kwok-wah Tang Hin-sing
Starring	Eric Wan Joey Meng Kristy Yang Kenneth Chan Berg Ng Pinky Cheung Chapman To Cheung Kwok-kuen Wong Shee-tong Lisa Lui Yeung Ka-nok Keung Ho-men Sin Ho-ying Ching Tung Wai Lit
Opening theme	Mung Lei Si Seui (夢裡是誰; Who's in the Dream) performed by Linda Wong
Composer(s)	Michael Lai
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	35
Production
Producer(s)	Leung Tin Sin Chi-wai
Location(s)	Hong Kong
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	ATV
Broadcast
Original channel	ATV
Original airing	1998
Chronology
Followed by	My Date with a Vampire II (1999)

My Date with a Vampire
Traditional Chinese	我和僵屍有個約會
Simplified Chinese	我和僵尸有个约会
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Wǒ Hé Jiāngshī Yǒu Gè Yuēhuì Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Ngo5 Wo4 Goeng1 Si1 Jau5 Go3 Joek3 Wui6

My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV. It was followed by My Date with a Vampire II (1999) and My Date with a Vampire III (2004). The drama starred Eric Wan and Joey Meng in the leading roles. The plot is based on future events of the story in Vampire Expert, a similar two-season television drama aired on ATV in 1995 and 1996. The series is a tribute to Lam Ching-ying, the lead actor of Vampire Expert and a prominent cast member in the Mr. Vampire franchise, who died of liver cancer in 1997.

Plot

Fong Kwok-wah is a Chinese guerilla fighter from the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1938, he was fighting with Yamamoto Ichifu, a major of the Imperial Japanese Army, when they were interrupted by Cheung San, the Vampire King. The two men and a boy named Fuk-sang living in the nearby village were bitten by Cheung San and they become vampires. These vampires are creatures that exist outside of the Three Dimensions (Heaven, Earth and Man) and Six Realms, where all other beings, including animals, humans, deities and spirits, exist.

In present-day 1998, Fong lives in Hong Kong under a new name, Fong Tin-yau. His physical appearance has not changed since 60 years ago. He works as a policeman and Fuk-sang lives together with him as his "son", who currently attends primary school. Fong Tin-yau meets Ma Siu-ling, the heiress to a clan of ghostbusters who have dedicated themselves to ridding the world of evil supernatural beings. Fong Tin-yau gradually becomes embroiled in a love triangle with Ma Siu-ling and Wong Jan-jan, Ma's close friend and confidante.

On the other hand, Yamamoto has become the influential boss of a big company, and commands a small group of vampire followers. Planning to turn every human being into a vampire, Yamamoto unleashes his minions to attack people and spread the "vampire gene". Hong Kong sinks into chaos as vampires multiply and roam the streets freely. At this point, Fong Tin-yau teams up with Ma Siu-ling and his friends to stop Yamamoto and destroy him.

However, even after Yamamoto dies, not long later, a magician called Yu-meng Sap-sam resurrects him and controls him to do his bidding. The magician is actually the evil Lo Hau of ancient times, and he wants to dominate the Three Dimensions. Once again, Fong Tin-yau, Ma Siu-ling and their allies combine forces to confront Lo Hau and put an end to his wicked ambitions.

Cast

• Eric Wan as Fong Tin-yau / Fong Kwok-wah (況天佑 / 況國華)
• Joey Meng as Ma Siu-ling / Ma Dan-na (馬小玲 / 馬丹娜)
• Kristy Yang as Wong Jan-jan / Yamamoto Yuki (王珍珍 / 山本雪)
• Kenneth Chan as Yamamoto Ichifu / Yamamoto Takeshi / Yamamoto Ryuichi (山本一夫 / 山本武 / 山本龍一)
• Berg Ng as Domoto Shingo (堂本真悟) / Ken
• Pinky Cheung as Yamamoto Mirai (山本未來)
• Chapman To as Kam Ching-chung / Hui Sin (金正中 / 許仙)
• Cheung Kwok-kuen as Fong Fuk-sang (況復生)
• Wong Shee-tong as Ho Ying-kau (何應求)
• Lisa Lui as Au-yeung Ka-ka (歐陽嘉嘉)
• Yeung Ka-nok as Lam Kwok-tung (林國棟)
• Keung Ho-man as Ko Bo (高保)
• Sin Ho-ying as Master Peacock (孔雀大師)
• Ching Tung as Lo Hoi-ping (羅開平)
• Wai Lit as Yu-meng Sap-sam / Lo Hau (御命十三 / 羅侯)
• Kam San as Cheung San (將臣)
• Chan Lai-wan as Lo Hoi-ping's mother
• Mak King-ting as Pak So-so / Pak So-ching (白素素 / 白素貞) / White Snake
• Wong Mei-fan as Siu-ching (小青) / Green Snake
• Chung Yeung as Peter
• Ng Wan-yee as Kam Ching-chung's mother
• Lau Kwok-shing as Kam Shau-cheng
• Alice Chan as Miu-sin / Koon Yam (妙善 / 觀音)
• Raymond Tsang as Lau Hoi (劉海)
• Leung Bik-tze as Bik-ka (碧加)
• Lee Yung as Herman
• Lau Shek-yin as Vairocana (大日如來)

External links

• My Date with a Vampire official ATV website
• (Chinese) My Date with a Vampire on Baidu Baike