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Face to Fate

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Face to Fate
GenreWuxia
Based onStory
by Woon Swee Oan (original story)
StarringFrankie Lam
Raymond Lam
Tavia Yeung
Selena Li
Opening themePei King Zam Ci (披荊斬刺) performed by Raymond Lam
Ending themeKo Kan (靠近) performed by Frankie Lam and Tavia Yeung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes30
Production
Running time45 minutes per episode
Original release
NetworkTVB
Release2006 (2006) –
2007 (2007)
Face to Fate
Chinese布衣神相
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBù Yī Shén Xiàng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingBou3 Ji1 San4 Soeng1

Face to Fate is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in September 2006 and aired locally on TVB Pay Vision Channel in March 2007. The series is an adaptation of wuxia writer Woon Swee Oan's works.

Synopsis

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In a war against the Evil, the White Force and the Black Force have a Golden Seal Battle every five years. Each force selects five people to represent its community. Whichever side wins the battle has control of the Wu Xia World for the next five years. However, over the years, the Black Force have become more evil than before, and their goal evolved to destroy all the Good to allow the Evil power to control the world.

The head of the White Force is the Flying Fish Village led by Shum Shing-Nam (David Chiang). In the White Force, the five people who were supposed to represent the community were secretly killed, and hence the series "Face to Fate" begins. In order to participate in the next Golden Seal Battle, the White Force has to look for five more talented people to fight the Black Force. Li Bo-Yee (Frankie Lam), the fortune teller; Lai Yuek-Yee (Raymond Lam), the doctor; and Yip Mung-Sik (Tavia Yeung), are on the mission to look for five talented fighters.

Through their mission, many circumstances led to obstacles into their mission such as Lai Yuek-Yee possess a deadly disease that makes him age prematurely, Mung-Sik is the daughter of a demon of the Black Force, etc. As the story progresses, the three do find five more people to battle. Unfortunately, one of them is killed, forcing Li Bo-Yee to replace him.

Meanwhile, Lai Leuk-Yee meets the love of his life, Yin Ye-Loi (Selena Li), who also has a secret identity. Because of this secret identity, the White Force does not like Yin Ye-Loi. One of the White Force attacks Ye-Loi, causing Lai Leuk-Yee to join the Black Force...

Cast

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Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanization.
Cast Role Description
Frankie Lam Li Bo-Yee
李布衣
Mr. Li (Magical Fortune Teller)
Yip Mung-Sik's lover. He and Go Shu-Tin are disciples from the Mo-gig sector.
Raymond Lam Lai Yeuk-Yee
賴藥兒
Doctor Lai
Part of the famous Lai family known for being doctors of medicine.

Yin Ye-Loi's lover. Influenced by White and Black.
Anti-Hero

Tavia Yeung Yip Mung-Sik
葉夢色
Li Bo-Yee's lover. Go Shu-Tin's long-lost biological daughter. Third disciple at Flying Fish Heights. Her biological mother was killed by Go Shu-Tin due to jealousy. Takes over the Heavenly Desire Palace after her father dies.
Selena Li Yuk Fu-Yung / Yin Ye-Loi
嫣夜來
Owner of Yuet Loi Inn

Lai Yeuk-Yee's lover. She has a secret identity as a former wanted thief for stealing from the royal tomb. She is a widow as her husband died on their wedding day, and she is left to care for her mother-in-law and stepson.

Derek Kok Lau Fan-Yue
柳焚餘
Green Eyebrow (Assasin)
Shum Koh-Hung's lover/husband. He retires from the Wuxia world after falling in love with Shum Koh-Hung. But comes out of retirement to help rebuild Flying Fish Heights.
David Chiang Shum Shing-Nam
沈星南
Leader of Flying Fish Heights

Yeuk-Lan's husband. Shum Koh-Hung's father. Leader of the white force.
Villain

Anne Heung Yeuk-Lan
藥蘭
Madam of Fly Fish Heights

Shum Shing-Nam's wife. Shum Koh-Hung's stepmother. Ex-love interest of Li Bo-Yee. She was killed by Shum Shing-Nam after she found out his secrets.

Nancy Wu Shum Kon-Hung
沈絳紅
Shum Shing-Nam's biological daughter. Lau Fan-Yue's lover and later wife. She retires from wuxia world but comes back to help rebuild Flying Fish Heights. She becomes pregnant near the end.
Mark Kwok (actor) Yip Man-Ting Shum Shing-Nam's first disciple.

Dies from the guilt of killing one of Shum Shing-Nam's disciple.

Joel Chan Yip Chor-Sum Shum Shing-Nam's second disciple. Ex-love interest of Yip Mung-sik's.
Felix Lok Ying Tin-Hang / Go Shu-Tin
哥舒天
Leader of the Heavenly Desire Palace

Yip Mung-Sik's biological father. Leader of the black way. He was the First Senior Disciple who made the prophecy the Evil Way would take over and started doing evil things, he became trapped in the forbidden ground of Peach Blossom Garden by his Master. But was released because Li Bo-Yee helped pull out the needle from his head and, as a result, ended up killing the whole Mo-gig Sector except Li Bo-Yee. He dies from internal injuries.

Main Villain

Death Wish Master Death Wish

A monk from the Wu Tai Mountain that wishes to die. A close friend of Li Bo-yee and was thought to be Yip Mung-Sik's biological father, but turned out to not be true.

5 Major Cliques of The Good Way

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Flying Fish Heights

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Cast Role Description
David Chiang Shum Shing-Nam
沈星南
Head of Fly Fish Heights & Leader of The Good Way

Uses Red Sand Palm wuxia.

Anne Heung Yeuk-Lan
藥蘭
Madam of Fly Fish Heights

Wife of Shing-Nam and is deeply devoted to him. Loves orchids.

Mark Kwok (actor) Yip Man-Ting 1st Senior Disciple

One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights.

Joel Chan Yip Chor-Sum 2nd Senior Disciple

One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights.

Tavia Yeung Yip Mung-Sik
葉夢色
3rd Senior Disciple

One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights.

Nancy Wu Shum Kon-Hung
沈絳紅
4 Junior Disciple

One of the known 4 Little Flying Fish of Flying Fish Heights.


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