Series synopsis
Face to Fate, also known as 布衣神相 is a sci-fi & fantasy action & adventure drama television series that premiered on TVB Jade on August 1, 2006. It ended on May 7, 2007. It stars Frankie Lam, Raymond Lam Fung, Tavia Yeung and Selena Lee.
In a war against 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 wuxia world for the next five years. However, over the years, the Black Force has become more evil than before, and their goal evolved to destroy all good to allow evil to control the world. When the selected five representatives from the White Force are suddenly killed, its members are ...
Premise
In a war against 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 wuxia world for the next five years. However, over the years, the Black Force has become more evil than before, and their goal evolved to destroy all good to allow evil to control the world. When the selected five representatives from the White Force are suddenly killed, its members are forced to find replacements.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Frankie Lam as 李布衣
- Raymond Lam Fung as 賴藥兒
- Tavia Yeung as 葉夢色
- Selena Lee as 嫣夜來
- Derek Kwok Jing-Hung as 柳焚餘
- David Chiang Da-Wei as 沈星南
- Nancy Wu Ting-Yan as 沈絳紅
- Felix Lok Ying-Kwan as 哥舒天（應天行）
Supporting cast
- Anne Heung Hoi-Lam as 米纖
- Chun Wong as 求死大師
- Chan Wing-Chun as 谷風萬 / 谷風千
- Law Lok-Lam as 無相子
- Cheung Ying-Tsoi as 賴藥郎
- Suet Nei as 閔李芳
- Joel Chan as 葉楚甚
- Lam King-Kong as 孟晚塘
- Lily Li as 曉月道人
- Fiona Yuen Choi-Wan as 茹小意
- Jerry Koo Ming-Wah as 鍾錯
- Dickson Lee Kar-Sing as 鄒辭
Guest cast
- So Lai Ming as 大肚少婦
- Bryant Mak Chi-Lok as 家丁
- Tsui Wing as 鏢師
- Lau Tin-Lung as 鏢師
- Kwok Tak-San as 關總鏢頭
- Andy Shiu Cheuk-Yiu as 蘇立風
- Pristal Yeung as 黃山派弟子
- 張貝蒨 as 黃山派弟子
- 潘芷蕾 as 黃山派弟子
- Lau Gwai-Fong as 丘斷刀
- Mandy Lam Suk Man as 花姑娘
- 林影紅 as 花姑娘
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 30 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 30 | August 1, 2006 | May 7, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 YIP MUNG SIK and SUNG MAN TANG, apprentices of the Flying Fish Heights, rush to Able Village to stop the Good Way and Evil Way from fighting with each other. YAU TUEN TO of Wong Shan Clique is suddenly killed. MASTER DEATH WISH claims that he is the murderer. LEE PO YEE, an expert in physiognomy reading, is a good friend of WISH’s. He tries to help by carrying out an investigation at a brothel. There, YEE sees a man with a mask. He also learns from the prostitutes there that this masked man has enquired about the whereabouts of TSUN YIN WANG, a kung-fu master from Ngan Dong Sect. SIK finds YEE strange and follows him all the way to a theatre. YEE doesn’t want SIK to disturb him. He attacks her vital point so that she cannot move. The masked man shows up again. YEE fights with him at the back of the theatre. All of a sudden, a strange breeze blows over the theatre. WANG goes blind and finally dies of a heart rupture.… ... |
August 1, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 YEE runs after the masked man all the way to the forest. The masked man reveals that he is the apprentice of the God of Medicine, and that his name is LAI YEUK YEE. He claims that the three kung-fu experts were killed by the Heart Devil. He was only trying to help them with his needles. Before YEUK YEE leaves, he tells YEE that two more kung-fu masters will be killed soon. TANG and his fellow apprentice YIP CHOR SUM report to their master, SHUM SING NAM, that three kung-fu experts have been killed. NAM reveals that the three experts were the representatives of the Good Way who are going to join the Golden Seal Battle. He also points out that TANG and MAN CHING LAU who is from Tim Chong Clique are the other two remaining representatives on the list. A girl from the brothel and her grandfather are being tormented by someone on the street.… ... |
March 28, 2007 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 SIK is seriously hurt and becomes unconscious. LAU is defeated by the Heart Devil. His heart bursts. SUM begs YEUK YEE to save SIK but YEUK YEE doesn’t show any response. YEE tries to satisfy YEUK YEE by playing with him. YEUK YEE finally agrees to help. YEE uses his needles to save SIK. SIK has finally woken up. She recalls the terrible experience of seeing horrible images in her mind after she had been attacked by the Heart Devil. YEE and YEUK YEE try to think of a way to fight against the hypnosis that the Heart Devil uses. The Heart Devil attacks TANG. YEE stuns TANG and fights against the Heart Devil with YEUK YEE. NAM comes to their help when they are almost defeated. They win the fight finally. Before he dies, the Heart Devil tells them that "Evil grows, Good subsides". YEE recalls then that his master had asked him to prevent the omen "Evil grows, Good subside" from happening before he died. NAM’s wife MAI CHIM returns.… ... |
March 29, 2007 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 1, 2006 |
| Last aired | May 7, 2007 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |