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Justice Pao
包青天
Justice Pao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System (CTS) from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the legendary Song dynasty official Bao Zheng. It was hugely popular in many countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes.
The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology (Dual Sound Switch Cantonese/Mandarin)
Cast
Jin Chao-chun
Kenny Ho
Fan Hung-hsuan
Awards
1995 - 30th Golden Bell Awards
Won - Jin Chao-chun, Best Leading Actor in a Television Series
Won - Tai Chih-yuan, Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, for the portrayal of Guo Huai (Case 3)
Won - Liu Ming, Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, for the portrayal of Bao Mian's mother (Case 8)
Theme songs
1. The opening theme, performed by Hu Kua, has the same title as the series. It was originally performed by Chiang Kuang-Chao for the earlier 1974 CTS series also of the same name.
A Cantonese cover ("願世間有青天") performed by George Lam with lyrics by Wong Jim was the opening theme of the series on TVB in Hong Kong. It was also the opening theme of the 1995 TVB series Justice Bao.
Another Cantonese cover by Ray Lui was the opening theme of the 1995 ATV series Justice Bao.
A Tagalog cover ("Judge Bao") was the opening theme of the series on ABC-5 in the Philippines.
Andy Lau covered the song in the 2003 Bao Zheng-related movie Cat and Mouse.
2. The ending theme was "Xīn Yuān Yāng Hú Dié Mèng" (Chinese: 新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢; literally: "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream"), written and performed by Huang An.
This song became a huge hit in the Chinese-speaking world, and Huang's album with the same name became one of the best-selling albums in Taiwan, selling over a million copies.
Cover versions in many languages exist due to the show's influence in the region. Kenny Ho recorded a Cantonese version (also "新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢") with lyrics by Albert Leung, while Huang An and Loletta Lee each recorded a different Cantonese version (both titled "愛於錯誤年代" but the lyrics differ). A popular English version from the Singaporean band Tokyo Square was titled "Can't Let Go". Huang An's own English version was titled "When It Comes to Love". There are also versions in Hokkien ("鴛鴦蝴蝶夢" by Joice Lim), Thai ("สุดจะหยุดใจ" by Koong Tuangsith Reamchinda), Vietnamese ("Uyên Ương Hồ Điệp Mộng" by Dan Truong), Khmer ("ព្រួយ ជាមួយ ចន្ទ" by Khemarak Sereymon) and Indonesian ("Melody Memory" by Lavenia), among others.
3. Another ending theme song used for some episodes was "Xié Shŏu Yóu Rén Jiān" (Chinese: 攜手遊人間; literally: "Traveling the World Hand in Hand").
International broadcast
It first aired in Singapore on the Channel 12 (now Suria) a member of Singapore Television Twelve (STV12) (now MediaCorp TV12) was laumched on 3 October 1994 with Malay dubbing at 20:30 SST after Berita 12 programme.
Credit
Wikipedia
包青天
Justice Pao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System (CTS) from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the legendary Song dynasty official Bao Zheng. It was hugely popular in many countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes.
The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology (Dual Sound Switch Cantonese/Mandarin)
Cast
Jin Chao-chun
Kenny Ho
Fan Hung-hsuan
Awards
1995 - 30th Golden Bell Awards
Won - Jin Chao-chun, Best Leading Actor in a Television Series
Won - Tai Chih-yuan, Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, for the portrayal of Guo Huai (Case 3)
Won - Liu Ming, Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, for the portrayal of Bao Mian's mother (Case 8)
Theme songs
1. The opening theme, performed by Hu Kua, has the same title as the series. It was originally performed by Chiang Kuang-Chao for the earlier 1974 CTS series also of the same name.
A Cantonese cover ("願世間有青天") performed by George Lam with lyrics by Wong Jim was the opening theme of the series on TVB in Hong Kong. It was also the opening theme of the 1995 TVB series Justice Bao.
Another Cantonese cover by Ray Lui was the opening theme of the 1995 ATV series Justice Bao.
A Tagalog cover ("Judge Bao") was the opening theme of the series on ABC-5 in the Philippines.
Andy Lau covered the song in the 2003 Bao Zheng-related movie Cat and Mouse.
2. The ending theme was "Xīn Yuān Yāng Hú Dié Mèng" (Chinese: 新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢; literally: "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream"), written and performed by Huang An.
This song became a huge hit in the Chinese-speaking world, and Huang's album with the same name became one of the best-selling albums in Taiwan, selling over a million copies.
Cover versions in many languages exist due to the show's influence in the region. Kenny Ho recorded a Cantonese version (also "新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢") with lyrics by Albert Leung, while Huang An and Loletta Lee each recorded a different Cantonese version (both titled "愛於錯誤年代" but the lyrics differ). A popular English version from the Singaporean band Tokyo Square was titled "Can't Let Go". Huang An's own English version was titled "When It Comes to Love". There are also versions in Hokkien ("鴛鴦蝴蝶夢" by Joice Lim), Thai ("สุดจะหยุดใจ" by Koong Tuangsith Reamchinda), Vietnamese ("Uyên Ương Hồ Điệp Mộng" by Dan Truong), Khmer ("ព្រួយ ជាមួយ ចន្ទ" by Khemarak Sereymon) and Indonesian ("Melody Memory" by Lavenia), among others.
3. Another ending theme song used for some episodes was "Xié Shŏu Yóu Rén Jiān" (Chinese: 攜手遊人間; literally: "Traveling the World Hand in Hand").
International broadcast
It first aired in Singapore on the Channel 12 (now Suria) a member of Singapore Television Twelve (STV12) (now MediaCorp TV12) was laumched on 3 October 1994 with Malay dubbing at 20:30 SST after Berita 12 programme.
Credit
Wikipedia