Face to Fate
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| Genre | Wuxia |
| Written by | Woon Swee Oan (original story) |
| Starring | Frankie Lam Raymond Lam Tavia Yeung Selena Li |
| Opening theme | Pei King Zam Ci (披荊斬刺) performed by Raymond Lam |
| Ending theme | Ko Kan (靠近) performed by Frankie Lam and Tavia Yeung |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVB |
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| Chinese | 布衣神相 | ||||||||||
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Face to Fate is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in September 2006 and aired locally on TVB Pay Vision Channel in March 2007. The series is an adaptation of wuxia writer Woon Swee Oan's works.
Synopsis[edit]
In a war against the Evil, the White Force and the Black Force have a Golden Seal Battle every five years. Each force selects five people to represent its community. Whichever side wins the battle has control of the Wu Xia World for the next five years. However, over the years, the Black Force have become more evil than before, and their goal evolved to destroy all the Good to allow the Evil power to control the world.
The head of the White Force is the Flying Fish Village led by Shum Shing-Nam (David Chiang). In the White Force, the five people who were supposed to represent the community were secretly killed, and hence the series "Face to Fate" begins. In order to participate in the next Golden Seal Battle, the White Force has to look for five more talented people to fight the Black Force. Li Bo-Yee (Frankie Lam), the fortune teller; Lai Yuek-Yee (Raymond Lam), the doctor; and Yip Mung-Sik (Tavia Yeung), are on the mission to look for five talented fighters.
Through their mission, many circumstances led to obstacles into their mission such as Lai Yuek-Yee possess a deadly disease that makes him age prematurely, Mung-Sik is the daughter of a demon of the Black Force, etc. As the story progresses, the three do find five more people to battle. Unfortunately, one of them is killed, forcing Li Bo-Yee to replace him.
Meanwhile, Lai Leuk-Yee meets the love of his life, Yin Ye-Loi (Selena Li), who also has a secret identity. Because of this secret identity, the White Force does not like Yin Ye-Loi. One of the White Force attacks Ye-Loi, causing Lai Leuk-Yee to join the Black Force...
Cast[edit]
- Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanization.
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frankie Lam | Li Bo-Yee 李布衣 |
Mr. Li (Magical Fortune Teller) Yip Mung-Sik's lover. He and Go Shu-Tin are disciples from the same sector. |
| Raymond Lam | Lai Yeuk-Yee 賴藥兒 |
Doctor Lai Part of the famous Lai family known for being doctors of medicine. Yin Ye-Loi's lover. Influenced by White and Black. |
| Tavia Yeung | Yip Mung-Sik 葉夢色 |
Li Bo-Yee's lover. Go Shu-Tin's long-lost biological daughter. Third disciple at Flying Fish Heights. Her biological mother was killed by Go Shu-Tin due to jealousy. |
| Selena Li | Yuk Fu-Yung / Yin Ye-Loi 嫣夜來 |
Owner of Yuet Loi Inn
Lai Yeuk-Yee's lover. She has a secret identity as a former wanted thief for stealing from the royal tomb. She is a widow as her husband died on their wedding day, and she is left to care for her mother-in-law and stepson. |
| Derek Kok | Lau Fan-Yue 柳焚餘 |
Green Eyebrow (Assasin) Shum Koh-Hung's lover/husband. He retires from the Wuxia world after falling in love with Shum Koh-Hung. |
| David Chiang | Shum Shing-Nam 沈星南 |
Leader of Flying Fish Heights
Yeuk-Lan's husband. Shum Koh-Hung's father. Leader of the white force. |
| Anne Heung | Yeuk-Lan 藥蘭 |
Madam of Fly Fish Heights
Shum Shing-Nam's wife. Shum Koh-Hung's stepmother. Ex-love interest of Li Bo-Yee. She was killed by Shum Shing-Nam after she found out his secrets. |
| Nancy Wu | Shum Kon-Hung 沈絳紅 |
Shum Shing-Nam's biological daughter. Lau Fan-Yue's lover. |
| Mark Kwok (actor) | Yip Man-Ting | Shum Shing-Nam's first disciple.
Dies from the guilt of killing one of Shum Shing-Nam's disciple. |
| Joel Chan | Yip Chor-Sum | Shum Shing-Nam's second disciple. Ex-love interest of Yip Mung-sik's. |
| Felix Lok | Ying Tin-Hang / Go Shu-Tin 哥舒天 |
Leader of the Heavenly Desire Palace
Yip Mung-Sik's biological father. Leader of the black way. He was the First Senior Disciple
He made the prophecy the Evil Way would take over and started doing evil thingsnce he became trapped in the forbidden ground of Peach Blossom Garden from his Master. |
| Death Wish | Master Death Wish
A monk from the Wu Tai Mountain that wishes to die. A close friend of Li Bo-yee and was thought to be Yip Mung-Sik's biological father, but turned out to not be true. |
5 Major Cliques of The Good Way[edit]
Flying Fish Heights[edit]
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| David Chiang | Shum Shing-Nam 沈星南 |
Head of Fly Fish Heights & Leader of The Good Way
Uses Red Sand Palm wuxia. |
| Anne Heung | Yeuk-Lan 藥蘭 |
Madam of Fly Fish Heights
Wife of Shing-Nam and is deeply devoted to him. Loves orchids. |
| Mark Kwok (actor) | Yip Man-Ting | 1st Senior Disciple
One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights. |
| Joel Chan | Yip Chor-Sum | 2nd Senior Disciple
One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights. |
| Tavia Yeung | Yip Mung-Sik 葉夢色 |
3rd Senior Disciple
One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights. |
| Nancy Wu | Shum Kon-Hung 沈絳紅 |
4 Junior Disciple
One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights. |
External links
- TVB.com Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Face to Fate - Official Website (in Chinese)
- Windy-Goddess.net Face to Fate - Episodic Synopsis