Ten Brothers (TVB)

Infobox Television
show_name = Ten Brothers
十兄弟


caption = Ten Brothers poster
genre = Costume Comedy
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runtime = 45 minutes (approx.)
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starring = Frankie Lam
Kenix Kwok
opentheme = "十指緊扣" by
Frankie Lam & Kenix Kwok
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country = HKG
language = Cantonese
network = TVB
first_aired = February 12,2007
last_aired =
March 9,2007
num_episodes = 20
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website = http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/ten_brothers

"Ten Brothers" (Traditional Chinese: 十兄弟) is a TVB costume comedy series first warehoused and later broadcasted in February 2007.

The series is partially based on the Chinese mythology of the same name.

ynopsis

Chan Dai-Ha (Frankie Lam) sells Chinese desserts and falls in love with an unmarried, wealthy girl named Gei Hao-Yee (Kenix Kwok). Each time Dai-Ha tries to help Hao-Yee, he does something wrong and angers her instead. One day, Hao-Yee and her servant falls down a hill and he saves them. Without thanking him, she shouts at him and mistakenly drinks the soup with ten magical beans in it. The magical beans made her pregnant however due to a law in the town forbidding unmarried pregnancy, the villagers are angry and wants her punished. Dai-Ha finds out and explains to the villagers that he is the father, causing a deferral to Hao-Yee's execution.

Dai-Ha brings her to his small home to have their ten babies are born. Together, they both raise the children, but soon all the children become adults except for Number Ten. Since the parents were scared of their adult sons, they ignore them and run-off. The children run around town, causing trouble while Two and Three are adopted by the evil marshal Man Sai-Hung's wife, who doesn't want her husband to know that their real sons had died. Four and Ten were sold to a circus whose leader was extremely strict and ruled harshly. Nine was sold to a richer family. The sons were taught by their mother, and One, who were the most mature, helped Dai-Ha with his business.

Soon, they find out they have special powers, but did not want their parents to know. One day, a mysterious white-haired man appears in Number One's (Chris Lai) visions and says that the brothers will die on August 15 if they do not leave with him. One does not trust him, but soon he does. When the parents find out about the prophecy, on August 15, they send away their children... [ [http://www.mtime.com/movie/51800/ mtime.com] ]

Cast

Controversy of finale

In the series finale, actor Felix Lok ad-libbed one of his lines, and replaced one of the words in the line with a corresponding English one. Although code-switching is very common in Hong Kong for the last 10-20 years, such practice are unheard of during the time this series is set in, and, in most circumstances, unlikely, considering the (supposedly) non-existent knowledge of English for the characters. TVB was ridiculed by the public as a result of allowing such sloppy production slip by.

Viewership ratings

References

ee also

* Ten Brothers

External links

* [http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/ten_brothers TVB.com] "Ten Brothers" - Official Website zh icon
* [http://www.mtime.com/movie/51800/ mtime.com] "Ten Brothers" - Synopsis zh icon

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