Burning Hands

Burning Hands
Genre	Drama Crime Thriller
Written by	Lau Chi-wah
Directed by	Yip Chan-fai
Starring	Ruco Chan Rosina Lam Joel Chan Kelly Fu Pal Sinn Rebecca Chan
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	25
Production
Producer	Yip Chan-fai
Production locations	Hong Kong Macau
Production company	TVB
Original release
Network	Jade

Burning Hands
Traditional Chinese	乘勝狙擊
Simplified Chinese	乘胜狙击
Literal meaning	"take advantage of the victory (and) attack"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin chéngshèngjūjī Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sing4 sing3 zeoi1 gik1

Burning Hands (Chinese: 乘勝狙擊; Jyutping: sing4 sing3 zeoi1 gik1) is an upcoming Hong Kong crime thriller television drama produced by Yip Chan-fai and TVB. The drama follows a team of con artists and illusionists, who are hired by a casino tycoon to find the mastermind behind his casino's embezzled funds.

Burning Hands began principal photography in March 2016, which lasted until July 2016. It is scheduled to premiere in the 2017 Hong Kong television season.

Cast and characters

Con artists

• Ruco Chan as Yat Gor (一哥; "Brother One") / Chak Koon-yat (翟冠一; Zaak Gunjat): a calm and insightful sleight of hand illusionist.
• Rosina Lam as Win Jeh (Win姐; "Sister Win") / Ho Ching-fa (何正花; Ho Zingfaa): a mahjong swindler.
• Joel Chan as Yee Jai (義仔) / Hugo Ng (伍柏義; Ng Paakji): a street magician.
• Candice Chiu as Souvenir / So Lai-fun (蘇麗芬; So Laifan): an impersonator.
• Lam Tsz-sin as Sun Kai Jai (新界仔; "NT Kid") / Ting Kuen (丁權; Ding Kyun): a skilled MMA fighter.
• Tsui Wing as Open Eyes / Lee Hang (李亨; Lei Hang): an amateur racer, acting as the driver for the team.
• Stefan Wong as Sau Fung (收峰; "Get Wind") / Ng Sai-fung (吳世峰; Ng Saifung): the team's greaseman, in charge of collecting intel.
• Pat Poon as Szeto Sang (司徒省; Sitou Saang): a seasoned gambler and a con-man. He leads a team of con-artists to help his friend, Fok Chun-sing, investigate an embezzlement case.

Other main cast members

• Pal Sinn as Fok Chun-sing (霍駿昇; Fok Zeonsing): an influential casino mogul known as the "Gambling King." He hires Szeto's con artist crew to help him find the mastermind behind the embezzled funds from his casino.
• Kelly Fu as Dawn Fok (霍曦昕; Fok Heijan) Fok's daughter.
• Rebecca Chan as Yau Yuen-wah (丘月華; Jau Jyunwaa): Fok's lover.
• Jacquelin Ch'ng as Veronica Ha (夏美詩; Haa Meisi): Hugo's love interest.
• Hugo Wong as Chow Siu-leung (周兆良: Zau Siuloeng): a police officer who starts investigating Szeto's con-artist crew.

Recurring cast members

• Geoffrey Wong
• Rosanne Lui
• Alex Tse
• Hugo Ng
• Lena Wong
• Otto Chan
• Joe Junior

Development

• The costume fitting ceremony was held together on March 21, 2016 at 12:30 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One Common Room.
• Elaine Yiu was originally casted in the role, Dawn Fok. Due to an accident where her beloved dog accidentally scratched her face, she had to turn the role and replaced by Kelly Fu.
• Kenneth Ma was originally casted in the role, Yee Jau, but dropped out due to schedule conflicts and was replaced by Joel Chan.