Love is Beautiful (TVB)

Infobox Television
show_name = Love is Beautiful
(無頭東宮)


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genre = Costume Drama
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runtime = 45 minutes (approx.)
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starring = Mariane Chan
Anne Heung
Marco Ngai
opentheme = "真面目" by
Stephanie Che
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country = HKG
language = Cantonese
network = TVB
first_aired = January 28, 2002
last_aired =
March 8, 2002
num_episodes = 30
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website = http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/love_is_beautiful/story/index.html

"Love is Beautiful" (Simplified Chinese: 无头东宫) (Tradional Chinese: 無頭東宮) is a 30- episode costume TVB drama series aired in 2002.

Plot

Ling Wan

Ling Wan is a poor girl that lives in 'Beautiful People Village' with her father, Ling Tid whose wife died after his daughter's birth. Ling Tid owned a metal shop, and Ling Wan was even better in carving metal than her father. She was born very ugly, with moles all over her face, like her father. When she's thirteen, she had a terrible diease, and when she recovered, the moles had disappeared. In the ancient times in China, females had no right on deciding on her husband, because the husband chooses the wife. In order to accompany her father until his death, Ling Wan put on fake moles to look ugly.

Cho Cho

Ling Wan had a friend, Cho Cho, who was also ugly. As Ling Wan was very kind and friendly, and that she used to be ugly, she understood that Cho Cho, who was really ugly, would have no friends, so decided to be the only friend of Cho Cho. At that time, she had no idea that Cho Cho would betray her, a betray that could never be recovered. Cho Cho has a father, two brothers and a sister, who often tease and laugh at Cho Cho, like the villagers, who also would tease Ling Wan, because no one, even her father, knew Ling Wan's secret.

The Trouble Begins...

The emperor of the country comes to 'Beautiful People Village' for a visit to the festival. Ling Wan and Cho Cho were never invited and allowed to come to the festivals, as they were ugly and were believed to be the embarrassment to the town. The emperor disguised himself as a normal rich man. Then, there were terrorist who knew that the emperor was the emperor, got their swords out and aimed for the emperor's chest. Luckily, Ling Wan, who was skilled in fighting as well, saved the emperor, but the emperor got hurt, and Ling Wan took him to a graveyard (that Ling Wan guarded earlier and Cho Cho discovered the moles were fake because the rain washed them away) to hide from the terrorists, who were later sentenced to death.

The emperor fell in love with Ling Wan for her beauty (Ling Tid discovered the fake moles and forced her to take them away), her kindness. He decided to marry Ling Wan, and it was that time that the emperor admitted that he was the emperor. Cho Cho was jealous. She was walking on the street when she saw a busker, who was a magician, that specialize on making people's faces temporarily beautiful. Cho Cho gave it a try, and wanted more - she wanted the change to be permanent.

The Change of Face

It was Ling Wan's wedding and farewell party for the people of the village. The villagers now think different of Ling Wan as she was pretty. Cho Cho was leaving the village because of debts, meanwhile trying to get Ling Wan to come. Ling Wan came, because of her kindness, and they drink a lot of acoholic drinks and Ling Wan fell asleep. Cho Cho brought her to the magician. The switched faces and their lives change forever, as there are no ways to change their faces back.

(similar to the movie "Face/Off")

Characters

Ling Family

* Ling Wan
* Ling Tid
* Chiu Hei

Cho Family

* Cho Cho
* Cho Cho's brothers, sister and father

Royal Family

* Emperor
* Emperor's Wives
* Emperor's Mother
* Emperor's Uncle
* Ling Dan

Others

* Fung Lok Yan
* Fung Song Yi
* Magician

Cast

* Mariane Chan as Cho Cho --> Ling Wan
* Anne Heung as Ling Wan --> Cho Cho/Cam Si Si
* Mak Cheung Ching as Fung Lok Yan
* Eddie Cheung as Emperor
* Ngo Ka Chin as Chiu Hei
* David Do as Ling Dan
* Chan Wing Han as Fung Song Yi
* Marco Ngai as Magician
* Charmaine Sheh (cameo appearance) as Cho Cho (beautiful face)
* Benz Hui as Ling Tid