Series synopsis
Real Kung Fu, also known as 佛山贊師父 is a drama action & adventure television series that premiered on TVB Jade on October 24, 2005. It ended on November 18, 2005. It was created by Wai-kin Chong. It stars Yuen Biao, Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei, Bryan Leung Kar-Yan and Gordon Liu Chia-Hui.
Wing Chun Master WONG WAH PO’s successor LEUNG TSAN is framed for a murder and flees to Foshan. He finds shelter with his uncle LEUNG YEE TAI (LEUNG KA YAN). In order to investigate the murder, TSAN goes under-cover and becomes a cook for a tycoon, Mr CHAN. He meets his lover CHEUNG KIN HEI in CHAN’s house. He is shocked to find that HEI is now married. HEI is jealous about a beautiful princess FU TSAT HO YUET who is always with TSAN.
HEI thinks that TSAN ran away to avoid marrying her, and cha ...
Premise
Wing Chun Master WONG WAH PO’s successor LEUNG TSAN is framed for a murder and flees to Foshan. He finds shelter with his uncle LEUNG YEE TAI (LEUNG KA YAN). In order to investigate the murder, TSAN goes under-cover and becomes a cook for a tycoon, Mr CHAN. He meets his lover CHEUNG KIN HEI in CHAN’s house. He is shocked to find that HEI is now married. HEI is jealous about a beautiful princess FU TSAT HO YUET who is always with TSAN.
HEI thinks that TSAN ran away to avoid marrying her, and chases him all the way to Foshan. She has crossed some villains, so the only way to save herself is to have a fake marriage with the powerful Mr CHAN. Chan dies soon after the wedding, leaving HEI suddenly widowed. She is determined to raise CHAN’s only son CHAN WAH SHUN as a responsible person.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yuen Biao
- Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei
- Bryan Leung Kar-Yan
- Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
- Jack Wu
- Timmy Hung Tin-Ming
- Charmaine Li
- Selena Lee
Supporting cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 20 | October 24, 2005 | November 18, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 An opera singer is sick. LEUNG TSAN, a cook in the opera troupe, is asked to play the role of LUI PO as a replacement. Manchurian LUNG FOR PUI HAK, who is in the wing-room watching the play, finds TSAN’S Kung Fu very impressive. Later, he challenges TSAN in the marketplace to a fight. WONG WAH PO, TSAN’s Kung Fu master, comes to his rescue. PO uses a trick to make TSAN confess his love for CHEUNG KIN HEI, on whom TSAN has a crush. He even selects a day for their wedding without their consent. HAK enters the troupe by force and demands to fight with PO. To make HAK leave as soon as possible, PO lets HAK defeat him intentionally. PO is seriously injured. HAK says that there is nothing really special about Wing Chun Kung Fu. This irks TSAN to the core and he goes to HAK for a fight. He is defeated, nevertheless. He has left the engagement token that HEI has given him there. He breaks in HAK’s house to take it back…… |
October 24, 2005 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 TSAN takes YEE away by force. YEE struggles and runs away. Prince FU NING YEE TAK is actually the mastermind behind the scene. He orders to have TSAN and YEE killed to silence the witnesses. PO knows that TSAN is in big trouble and so tells him to go to Foshan to take shelter from LEUNG YEE TAI, co-disciple of PO, so as to avoid the police. YEE dresses in disguise to leave on a boat, not knowing that the killer is already there. When the killer is about to kill her, TSAN sees them and saves her. Seeing that YEE is so pitiful a girl, TSAN takes her along to Foshan. HEI returns from the doctor’s to the troupe. She is being laughed at by the people in the troupe, who tell her that TSAN has run away from his marriage. HEI, who does not have a clue as to what has happened, goes to Foshan with her father, CHEUNG LOI KWAI, to look for TSAN. HEI has arrived in Foshan. She helps the people there to quit opium…… |
October 25, 2005 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 As told by PO, TSAN asks TAI whether he remembers what happened on the first of October years ago. TAI puts up a long face when he hears this, and agrees to put up TSAN and YEE. KWAI takes HEI to visit CHAN LOK FUNG, the person-in-charge of the biggest grocery in Foshan. FUNG has once saved HEI’s life. FU takes a woman whom owes him money as his concubine by force. HEI, who sees this, goes up to intervene. FU is displeased with what HEI has done. He tricks HEI to a wing-room in a teahouse and tries to rape her. HEI hits back; FU is badly injured. After knowing that FU has kidnapped HEI, KWAI goes to LOK for help. Together they go to Sam Shing Tong to demand the release of HEI. FU vows to take HEI as his concubine. KWAI can do nothing but lies that HEI is LOK’s fiancee. LAI TIN HUNG, the grand master of Sam Shing Tong, agrees to release HEI eventually. FU stirs up trouble in LOK’s wedding party and challenges HEI to a drink competition…… |
October 26, 2005 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 24, 2005 |
| Last aired | November 18, 2005 |
| Status | Ended |