The Charm Beneath
Year:2005
Section:TVB Series
Number of Episodes:30
Company:TVB
Language: Chinese (Cantonese)
Average Rating:
(out of 3 ratings)
Synopsis:
The Charm Beneath is a TVB period drama series that first aired in October 2005, and was created to celebrate TVB's 38th anniversary. The tagline for the show is as follows: "They hide a dagger in a smile, are they driven by desire for power, or is it their only way to survive?" The show revolves around 3 families: the Chuk family, the Ng family, and the Wang family. A few main characters of the Chuk family include the following cast members: Chan Lit Hung as Chuk Moon-Shan, Mary Hon as Chan Ying-Hung, Savio Tsang as Chuk Yau-Shing, and Anne Heung as Sung Wan-Seung. Cast members for the Ng family include Chan Lit Hung as Ng Lo Siu-Yung, Yoyo Mung as Ny Yi-Fong, and Oscar Leuing as Ng Yi-Chang. Cast members for the Wang family include Michael Tong as Wong Hiu-Fai and Sharon Chan as Wong Hiu-Chang.
Cast
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Michael Tong Man Long
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Moses Chan Ho
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Anne Heung Hoi Lan
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Gigi Lai
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Kiki Sheung Tin Ngor
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Mandy Cho Man Lei
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Sharon Chan Man Chi
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Yoyo Mung Ka Wai
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Law Lok Lam
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Savio Tsang Wai Kuen
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Pierre Ngo Ka Nin
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Mary Hon Ma Lei
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The Charm Beneath
Cast: Moses Chan Gigi Lai Yoyo Mung Anne Heung Mandy Cho Sharon Chan Chan Hung Lit Li Kwok Lun Kiki Sheung Ngo Ka Nin Michael Tong Story: The Chuk Family has been managing the lucrative family business of cosmetics Halle de Fleur (Geng Fa Tong) for over 30 years. However, there has been constant conflicts in the family because of the greedy and insidious natures of the Second Uncle and Second Auntie. They have been constantly plotting just to inherit the family business. Hence, constant verbal...
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Start: Do not be intimated by the first impression of the series. There is a bit of confusion in the beginning, sorting everyone and everything out, trying to link and understand the "big picture" and pretty much, knowing who everyone is. Continue to watch the series, because in my opinion it was good. Okay, maybe not all, but some. And it does get pretty interesting near the ending. I know ... you have to...
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Cast: Moses Chan Gigi Lai Yoyo Mung Anne Heung Mandy Cho Sharon Chan Storyline: 'The Charm Beneath' is a very complicated series because of its rather complex storyline. As you can tell from the Chinese title 'Yin Zhi Sui Fun' (in Cantonese) it is about makeup. The Zhu family is managing a makeup shop called 'Geng Fa Tong' (in Cantonese). They go through many family and business troubles because the other side of the Zhu family, the second uncle and aunty, are...
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11-06-2007 09:16 AM
I thought this was a pretty good series, rather interesting plot and decent acting. Sadly it was rather under-hyped as compared to some other serials. Gigi was excellent in here (even more so than some of her other works); great crying scenes (esp at her father's death bed), was witty, sarcastic and intelligent all at once..plus she looked really classy and sophisticated as a wealthy lady.
11-06-2007 09:15 AM
I thought this was a pretty good series, rather interesting plot and decent acting. Sadly it was rather under-hyped as compared to some other serials. Gigi was excellent in here (even more so than some of her other works); great crying scenes (esp at her father's death bed), was witty, sarcastic and intelligent all at once..plus she looked really classy and sophisticated as a wealthy lady.
03-03-2007 01:11 AM
This movie was actually really cool and addictive cuz you could see that the evil 2nd uncle and aunt were clearly after the Zhu family's cash...it was very good of a movie but I think that Gigi was one of the best actresses who should NOT be given crying scenes...I mean, she's a really good actress but she is really terrible at crying!
01-29-2007 12:00 AM
yeah I agre that moses and yoyo look very good together.. very cute! lol and Gigi definately did a great job in this serie..i used to hate her.. but after seeing this, my perspective changed about her, she matches with the character very well. I think Mandy Cho did an okay job here, since she doesnt have much experience, she was kinda cute here.. but considering it didnt look like she came from japan at all.. so anyway. I also agree that Sharon was also very cute in this
sammi75
08-10-2008 07:33 AM
good