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The Thin Line
还我情真
Directed byKok Tzyy Haw
StarringZen Chong
Wee Kheng Ming
Tracy Lee
Duncan Lim
Stella Chung
William San
Opening theme《青苔》
Ending theme"I Need Somebody" sung by Wee Kheng Ming
Country of originMalaysia
Singapore
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes25
Production
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Original release
Networkntv7 (Malaysia)
MediaCorp Channel U (Singapore)
Release3 September (2008-09-03) –
22 October 2008 (2008-10-22)
Related

The Thin Line is the ninth international co-production of MediaCorp TV and ntv7. This is also the first Malaysian TV series to be broadcast on MediaCorp Channel U when it debuted on 29 December 2010.

The actual filming took place in August 2008 and the series was aired on ntv7 in Malaysia the following month.[1]

Cast

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Chen family

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Cast Role Description
Wang Jun Chen Youshun Owner of Youshun Hang
Seck Fook Yee Wu Xianglan Tianbao's stepmother
Tianyou and Tianhui's mother
William San Chen Tianbao Oldest son
Xianglan's stepson
Zen Chong Chen Tianyou Second son
Jane Ng Chen Tianhui Youngest child and only daughter

Other cast

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Cast Role Description
Cai Ah Juan Runs a stall at the market
Yaoguo and Zhiling's mother
Wee Kheng Ming Liang Yaoguo Zhiling's older brother
Tianbao and Tianyou's best friend
Lin Meiqi's love interest
Stella Chung Liang Zhiling Yaoguo's sister
Tianyou's girlfriend
Wang Yuqing Lin Jiacheng CEO of a company
Tracy Lee Lin Meiqi Lin Jiacheng's only child
Liang Yaoguo's love interest
Duncan Lim Huang Junjie Tianhui's love interest
Felina Cheah Yu Jia'en A chef at the Chens' restaurant
Lin Yiting Jiang Xiufang
(Aunty Fang)		 Yaoguo's adopted mother
Liangs' and Chens' family friend

Synopsis

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Liang Yaoguo and his younger sister Zhiling had a hard life growing up with a loving but socially irresponsible mother and without a father. Yaoguo is responsible and diligent and cares for his family and friends. He and Zhiling are well-liked by everyone.

Chen Youshun runs Youshun Hang, wholesale food business, and has three children. His first wife left him when Tianbao was a boy and Tianbao dropped out of school early to help his father with the business. Youshun later remarried Xianglan, a trendy and arrogant younger woman who bore him a son and a daughter, Tianyou and Tianhui. While Tianbao dotes on his younger siblings and the threesome have a good relationship, he and Xianglan do not get along due to her favouritism towards Tianyou and Tianhui, leaving the exasperated Youshun sandwiched between them. Eventually Xianglan's elitist attitude drives a wedge between herself and Tianyou and her husband and makes enemies of their neighbours.

Tianbao, Tianyou and Tianhui have been best friends with Yaoguo and Zhiling since childhood. Tianyou and Zhiling are an item. Yaoguo meets Lin Meiqi, Tianhui's college classmate, and they fall in love. A handsome young man named Huang Junjie starts wooing Tianhui. Tianbao eventually finds the love of his life.

Just when everyone thought life could not get any better, fate throws them a curve ball. It turns out that Junjie wanted to take revenge on the older Mr Chen for a past incident. However, Junjie becomes torn when he realises he is in love with Tianhui. Yaoguo and Tianyou's friendship is tested when Tianyou starts courting Meiqi for some reason. Junjie, Yaoguo and Tianyou realise that there is a thin line between good and evil and a single decision could change their lives for better or worse.

Awards and nominations

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Golden Awards

  • Nominated: Best Actor (Wee Kheng Ming)
  • Nominated: Best Actor (Zen Chong)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Jane Ng)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Stella Chung)
  • Nominated: Best Newcomer (Tracy Lee)

References

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  1. ^ 黃啟銘亂纏安全帶‧章縝翔差點成冤水鬼 (in Chinese). Sin Chew Daily. 31 August 2008.
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