Ten Brothers (2007)
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Ten Brothers (Chinese: 十兄弟) is a 20 episode TV sitcom produced by TVB of Hong Kong released on February 12, 2007. It is loosely based on the Chinese mythology of the same name.
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The story begins with a poor man named Chan Dai Ha who sells Chinese snacks and fall in love with a single, wealthy woman named Hao Yee. One day, when Dai Ha was going home, he saw a man carrying something fall down from the sky. He asks him if he is okay, but the man runs away. Because Dai Ha is also carrying something, he mixes up the items with the man. Little did he know that inside the other man's bag was ten magic beans with each a baby inside. Each time Dai Ha tries to help Hao Yee, he does something wrong and angers her instead. One day, Hao Yee and her servant fell down into a river and he saved them. Without thanking him, she shouts at him and mistakenly drinks the soup with the ten magic beans in it. The next day, the doctor said she was pregnant, but because there was a law in her town that she cannot get pregnant before marriage, the villagers get angry and wanted her to have a consequence. Since she was living with her father, they decided to seperate them and execute Hao Yee. When the Dai Ha about it, he tells the villagers that he is the father, so Hao Yee does not need to be executed now. Dai Ha brings her to his small house and sleeps on the ground himself. At first, Hao Yee is angry with him, but soon they get along better. One day, their ten babies were born. Together, they both raise the children, but after they were a few months old, they all became adults one night except for one of them, Number Ten. Since the parents are scared of their adult sons, they ignore them and run away. The children run around town, causing trouble. Number Two and Number Three were adopted by the evil warlord Man Sai Hung's wife, so doesn't want her husband to know that their real sons died. The parents find the children and gave them food secretly. Soon, the town decides to kill the brothers. So, the parents tell the town to stop and left the town with their sons. The sons were taught by their mother and Number One, who was the most mature, helped Dai Ha on his business on selling snacks. Soon, they find out they had powers, but did not want their parents to know. All of a sudden one day, they all recieved a sickness. Four and Ten were sold to a circus whose leader was extremely strict and ruled harshly. Nine was looked after by a generous family. In the circus, the leader earned a bunch because Number Four could stretch out his arms and legs. The customers always paid to stretch him. Meanwhile, Number One went blind, Number Five had a big hump on his back, Number Six's head grew very big, and Number Seven's legs grew extremely long. Only Number Eight didn't have any sicknesses yet. One day, their sicknesses were cured and instead, found their powers. They wanted their family to be united, so they try any way to get back their missing siblings. They got back Four, Nine, and Ten, but Two and Three were spoiled by the warlord. They forget their real parents. The warlord is jealous of the ten brothers and wants to kill them. They will need help to get back Two and Three and punish the warlord. When everything is settled and the warlord is evicted, a mysterious white-haired man appears in Number One's eyes and say the brothers will have to die on August 15. He does not trust him, but soon he does. When the parents find out, on August 15, they sent away their children. The parents are very sad, but it is not possible for them to stay. So on the night of August 15, the brothers rise to the sky and become stars. Although the modern version is the most well known, the old version's story was about the evil warlord of their town capturing their father. They had to save their father and in order to do that, they must be united and work together as a team. The 10 brothers' weakness is limestone and they are not able to use their own powers if they come in contact.
[edit] Cast
- Frankie Lam as 陳大蝦
- Kenix Kwok as 紀巧兒
- Leila Tong as 洪小蘭
- Nancy Wu as 阮彤彤
- Chris Lai Lok Yi as 千里眼
- James Lam Yuen Ying as 順風耳
- Jack Wu as 大力三
- Don Li as 奀皮四
- Nicky Law Koon Fung as 飛天五
- Kwok Jing as 銅頭六
- Matt Yeung as 高腳七
- Russell Cheung Chi Hin as 遁地八
- Yip Wai as 大口九
- Jaffery Wong as 大喊十
- Liu Kai Chi as 萬世雄
