''A Bride for a Ride'' is a 2009 Hong Kong television series based on the traditional Pingtan story of the same name. Set during the prosperous

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, the drama revolves around the rich and influential Wong family and their comedic ties with Chow Man-bun, a young and handsome scholar who has a specialty in

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. To prove his worth to Wong Sau-ying, his ideal lover, he cross dresses as a beauty in a lantern festival so he can get closer to her. Sau-ying's older brother, Tiger Wong, sees Man-bun's beauty and kidnaps him home. ''A Bride for a Ride'' consists of elements of

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. Chin Kar-lok, who stars as Tiger Wong, is also the drama's action choreographer.

Synopsis

Foolhardy Tiger Wong (Chin) is annoyed with his mother (Wong) for consistently pressuring him to get married. He therefore snatches Chow Man-bun (Chan) who is in female disguise to be his bride and arranges for Man-bun to stay at his younger sister Sau-ying's (Wu) chamber for the night. After this, Tiger has no choice but to marry Sau-ying to Man-bun while setting up strict rules to torture Man-bun in the house. Clever Man-bun makes use of the chivalrous woman Mo Sam-leung (So) to control Tiger and misleads Sam-leung that Tiger is her long lost rescuer. Using tricks to upset Tiger, he makes Tiger marry Sam-leung. Since then, Sam-leung tries every means to domesticate her husband and that almost drives him insane. Man-bun is relieved to escape Tiger's manipulation but he carelessly causes much trouble elsewhere. ''A Bride for A Ride'' brings you a modern perspective of this traditional tale and you'll surely be surprised with its astonishing approach.

Cast

: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' *

Chin Kar-lok Chin Ka-lok, sometimes credited as Chin Kar-lok (Chinese: 錢嘉樂, Pinyin: Qián Jiālè, born 6 August 1965), is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, and television presenter. Chin was born in Hong Kong, the younger brother of actor an ...

as Tiger Wong *

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as Chow Man-bun *

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as Mo Sam-leung *Joseph Lee as Chuk Chi-shan *

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as Wong Sau-ying *Rain Lau as Wong Kwai-fei *Gigi Wong as Lau Bing-tai *

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as Sheung Ping *Cheung Kwok-keung as Lau Gan *Nicky Law as Ching-tak Emperor * Catherine Chau as So-kam *Chun Wong as Magistrate Bei Mat *

Natalie Wong Natalie Wong Kei-ying (Chinese name: 黃𨥈瑩, sometimes credited as 黃紀瑩 or 黃釲瑩) (born on 15 July 1976) is a Hong Kong actress affiliated with TVB. Miss Hong Kong start Wong entered the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 1994 while studyin ...

as Lee Fung *Deno Cheung as Lee Lung *

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as Sze Mung-lo *Wong Man Piu as the Prince of Ning

Viewership ratings

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ratings (not including TVB HD Jade), in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.

Awards and nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009) *Best Drama *Best Actor (Chin Kar Lok) *My Favourite Male Character (Chin Kar Lok)

References

External links

TVB.com
''A Bride for a Ride'' - Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Bride For A Ride, A TVB dramas Television series set in the Ming dynasty 2009 Hong Kong television series debuts 2009 Hong Kong television series endings Television series set in the 16th century