Series synopsis
Men Don't Cry, also known as 奸人堅 is a comedy drama television series that premiered on TVB Jade on October 8, 2007. It ended on November 5, 2007. It was created by Chi Wah Lam. It stars Dayo Wong Chi-Wah, Cecilia Yip Tung, Dominic Lam Ka-Wah and Vivien Yeo.
Men Don't Cry is a TVB period comedy series broadcast in October 2007, to celebrate TVB's 40th Anniversary. The shown was rerun from Thursday, January 29, 2009 to February 26, 2009 from Monday to Friday at 12:05am on TVB Jade in Hong Kong.
The Chinese title is a reference to Shi Jian, who had played as villains in many Wong Fei Hung movies featuring Kwan Tak Hing as Wong Fei Hung, and later in TVB's television series.
Reversing the trends set by previous Wong Fei Hung stories, the title archvi ...
Premise
Men Don't Cry is a TVB period comedy series broadcast in October 2007, to celebrate TVB's 40th Anniversary. The shown was rerun from Thursday, January 29, 2009 to February 26, 2009 from Monday to Friday at 12:05am on TVB Jade in Hong Kong.
The Chinese title is a reference to Shi Jian, who had played as villains in many Wong Fei Hung movies featuring Kwan Tak Hing as Wong Fei Hung, and later in TVB's television series.
Reversing the trends set by previous Wong Fei Hung stories, the title archvillain assumes the leading role of the series, with Wong Fei Hung as the supporting role.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dayo Wong Chi-Wah as Ho Kei-Kin 何其堅 / 奸人堅
- Cecilia Yip Tung as Ling Yu-Cui 凌玉翠
- Dominic Lam Ka-Wah as Wong Fei-Hung 黃飛鴻
- Vivien Yeo as Ling Yu-Bi 凌玉碧
- Charmaine Li as 霍珍妮
- Benz Hui Siu-Hung as So 牙擦蘇 / 蘇飛 / 李小嬌
- Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin as 金錢豹
- Woo Fung as Huang Zhi-Mo 黃志摩
Supporting cast
- Lam King-Kong as 鬼腳七 / 陳七
- Byron Pang as Ling Yun-Jie 凌雲階
- Wilson Ai Wai
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 21 | October 8, 2007 | November 5, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Bully KIN, a widely recognized character in Lower Flag Street, always go to the beach to watch troop training recently. KIN is actually a top villain in Lower Flag Street and he threatens the villagers for money all the time. KIN teaches martial arts in a kung-fu school and TING comes to challenge him. KIN beats him off with bad tricks. KIN meets TSUI at the wharf and helps her to fight against the thief. However, KIN realizes that TSUI is buck-toothed so he tries to escape immediately. TSUI bites KIN accidentally and KIN decides to take revenge. He plays tricks on TSUI and she ends up biting the wooden pillar of a pagoda in the countryside. KIN’s plan has succeeded and he is overjoyed. HUNG arrives at Lower Flag Street and finds that KIN is telling everyone that he had beaten off HUNG’s father YING. HUNG is very upset and rushes to KIN’s kung-fu school to ask for an explanation… |
October 8, 2007 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 KIN sneaks into HUNG’s house to poison him but his plan fails. On the next day, HUNG finds a letter of challenge from KIN and he decides to accept the challenge. HUNG arrives and KIN threatens HUNG with YING’s ancestral tablet. HUNG has no choice but to admit defeat. YUEN invites the central authorities to a banquet. KIN tries to please YUEN by requesting HUNG to perform lion dancing in front of everybody. TSUI believes that HUNG is a weak man and refuses to marry him. YUEN’s geomantic fortuneteller advises him that the Spinsters’ house in front of his house is hindering his business development. YUEN requests KIN to take over the Spinsters’ house by all means. KUK and the other spinsters have asked TSUI to safeguard their title deed for the house. KIN discovers this and he catches PIK. FEI sneaks into KIN’s home to take back the ancestral tablet. KIN accuses FEI for stealing and FEI is arrested… |
October 9, 2007 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 HUNG cannot tolerate KIN’s bad behaviour anymore and he tries to give him a lesson. KIN fights back by using clandestine weapons, and HUNG nearly loses the fight. Luckily, PIK escapes at the critical moment to rescue HUNG. KUK and the others are not able to fight with KIN. They ask MOR to write a letter to YUEN for help. KIN obtains the letter and accuses MOR for committing adultery with KUK. This incident has embarrassed the old lady KAM a lot and she tries to commit suicide. KIN witnesses the scene accidentally. While trying to rescue KAM, KIN accidentally sets the place on fire. HUNG rushes in to stamp out the fire and he believes that KIN had intentionally set fire to the place. He denounces KIN openly with TSUI and the villagers. YUEN cannot bear the pressure from the crowd and he arrests KIN eventually. KIN continues to bully around in the prison and asks FEI to be his follower…… |
October 10, 2007 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 8, 2007 |
| Last aired | November 5, 2007 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |