Men in Pain

Men in Pain 男人之苦
Genre	Modern Drama
Starring	Damian Lau Ron Ng Louisa So Toby Leung
Ending theme	"金剛" by Ron Ng
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	21
Production
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel	TVB
Original run	June 13, 2006 – July 9, 2006
Chronology
Related shows	La Femme Desperado (2006)
External links
Website

Men in Pain (Traditional Chinese: 男人之苦) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in June 2006.

Synopsis

Hong Tin-Yam (Damian Lau) is happily married to his second wife Wong Dak-Kiu (Louisa So), but one day he discovers that he cannot perform in the bedroom. He asked a female friend, Au Yeung Lei-Lei (Akina Hong), to help him out and confirmed that he was in fact impotent. Tin-Yam did not want his wife to find out about his problem causes Dak-Kiu to think that he is cheating on her, and leading to their divorce.

On the other hand, Tin-Yam's son, Hong Sai-Hei (Ron Ng) spends a night with Dak-Kiu's student, Ko Fun (Toby Leung) during an excursion. Ko Fun discovers that she is pregnant and seeks Sai-Hei's help. Both their parents are furious but eventually the two young couples get married. Ko Fun is stressed with handling the baby and her school courseload, while Sai-Hei is worried that he cannot afford to put food on the table.

How will these two men overcome their pain of manhood...?

Cast

Cast	Role	Description
Damian Lau	Hong Tin-Yam 康天任	Wong Dak-Kiu's husband. Hong Sai-Hei's father.
Louisa So	Wong Dak-Kiu 黃德蕎	Teacher Hong Tin-Yam's second wife. Hong Sai-Hei's stepmother.
Ron Ng	Hong Sai-Hei 康世熙	Hong Tin-Yam's son. Ko Fun's husband.
Toby Leung	Ko Fun 高芬	Hong Sai-Hei's wife.
Wu Fung	Wong Kai-Cheung 黃啟昌	Wong Dak-Kiu, Wong Dak-Lan, and Wong Dak-Wai's father.
Rebecca Chan	Wong Dak-Lan 黃德蘭	Wong Dak-Kiu and Wong Dak-Wai's older sister.
Lee Shing-Cheung	Li Chun-Chi 李振馳	Wong Dak-Lan's husband.
Florence Kwok	Wong Dak-Wai 黃德蕙	Wong Dak-Kiu and Wong Dak-Lan's younger sister.
Law Lok Lam (羅樂林)	Ko Wai 高威	Ko Fun's father.
Rocky Cheng (鄭健樂)	Shek Hak-Lung (Rocky) 石克龍	Ko Fun's uncle.
Patrick Dunn	Yeung Jin-Cheung 楊展翔	Wong Dak-Kiu's colleague.
Akina Hong (康華)	Au Yeung Lei-Lei 歐陽莉莉	Hong Tin-Yam's friend.

Viewership ratings

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1	June 13 - June 16, 2006	1 — 4	28	29	[1]
2	June 19 - June 23, 2006	5 — 9	30	34	[2]
3	June 26 - June 30, 2006	10 — 14	32	36	[3]
4	July 3 - July 7, 2006	15 — 19	32	36	[4]
4	July 9, 2006	20 — 21	38	39	[4]

Award nominations

39th TVB Anniversary Awards (2006)

• "Best Drama"
• "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Damian Lau - Hong Tim-Yam)
• "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Ron Ng - Hong Sai-Hei)
• "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Louisa So - Wong Dak-Kiu)
• "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Toby Leung - Ko Fun)
• "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Lee Shing-Cheung - Li Chun-Chi)
• "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Rebecca Chan - Wong Dak-Lan)
• "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Florence Kwok - Wong Dak-Wai)
• "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Akina Hong - Au Yeung Lei-Lei)
• "My Favourite Male Character Role" (Damian Lau - Hong Tim-Yam)
• "My Favourite Male Character Role" (Ron Ng - Hong Sai-Hei)
• "My Favourite Female Character Role" (Louisa So - Wong Dak-Kiu)

References

1. ^ Week 1 Ratings
2. ^ Week 2 Ratings
3. ^ Week 3 Ratings
4. ^ ^{a b} Week 4 Ratings

External links

• TVB.com Men in Pain - Official Website (Chinese)