''A Road and a Will'' is a 1997

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produced by

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and starring

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Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung (; born 4 May 1964) is a Hong Kong actor. He became one of Hong Kong's most successful television actors after starring in TVB hit drama series ''Rosy Business''. Lai won three TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor, maki ...

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and

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. The series was broadcast on

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from 26 May to 20 June 1997 and was re-aired several times in June 1999, March 2004 and August 2007.

Plot

A drama depicting the struggle of Sam (

), a senior executive in

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who has been laid off unexpectedly, in starting a business in

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. Sam was torn apart when his wife, Chow Mo-chi (Claudia Lau) prompted him with a divorce after he lost his job. Distressed, he decided to go to Guangzhou for a new start and retracts his ancestral house. There, he lands in a dispute with a local merchant named Ng Kin-ngai (

). Fortunately, with the help of Mo-chi's cousin, Chai Ho-fung (

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), Sam and Kin-ngai finally come to terms with each other. The story then goes on to portray the change of attitude of Sam towards the people in Guangzhou from prejudice to appreciation and harmony.

Cast

The Yue family (Hong Kong)

as Sam Yue Wing-tit (余穎鐵), The second son of the Yue family, who is a toy designer that has designed many action figures and games. Due his lack of the heart to fight, his boss fired him saying that he is not working hard enough. He then goes to

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, where he is not fond of, with the identity of a Hong Kong businessman of make-up products, and marries Chow Mo-chi in back in Hong Kong. Later in China, he develops a relationship with Chai Ho-fung, but later things changed when marriage was being discussed. *Claudia Lau as Chow Mo-chi (周慕慈), Sam's wife who is a smart and profession type woman. Due to Sam going to Guangzhou to develop his career, they divorced. The relationship then goes on and off but finally reconciled in the end. * Cho Tat-wah as Yue Yung (余勇), Sam's father *Carlo Ng as Yue Wing-sek (余穎錫), Sam's youngest brother who is greatly loved by his father. He studies at the Guangzhou Keinan College. During the peak of his education, his friend invited him to go into business and thus he abandoned his education. *

Josie Ho Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-yi (; born 26 December 1974) is a singer and actress from Hong Kong. She is the daughter of the Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho. Acting career She has played many roles, including portraying the parts of prostitutes, whi ...

as Yue Wing-kam (余穎金), Sam's younger sister *Ching Siu-lung as Yue Wing-kong (余穎鋼), Sam's older brother *Cho Chung as Ying Hung (映紅), Wing-kong's wife who has knowledge of make-up products and once helped Sam on his business. *Tse Man-hin as Yu Tung (余銅), Wing-kong and Hung's son

The Ng family (China)

as Ng Kin-ngai (吳堅毅), a flower land merchant from Chan Village,

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and speaks with a strong Shundeness accent. Due to his village leader collecting his land, he moved to Guangzhou and met Sam Yue. Had a dispute with Sam when he rented Sam's ancestral home for operating business. Due to the failure of the China stock market, he and Sam became friends and they both operate a business of flower and plants. He has unsuccessfully tried to pursue Yue Wing-lam and his cousin, Chai Ho-fung. *

as Wong Fung (王凰), Kin-ngai's childhood friend who is a kind village girl who is rigid in love. She loves Kin-ngai but due to her personality, she was always reprimanded by him. She and Kin-ngai marries in the end. *

Gordon Liu Gordon Liu (Lau Kar-fai ); born Sin Kam-hei () August 22, 1951) is a Chinese martial arts film actor and martial artist. He played the lead role of San Te in ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' (1978) and its sequels, and later played two roles in Qu ...

as Wong Ling-fu (王令富), Fung's father who wears black framed glasses and likes to sing songs about the

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and saying the slogan.

The Chai family (China)

The Chai family and Ng family are relatives. *

as Chai Ho-fung (柴可風), who has a standard look and works in the bank and is Guangzhou's new generation of female. She helped his cousin in-law Sam gain back his ancestral home and thus, meeting him. She and Sam develop and relationship and was almost in talks of marriage but she believes she is the third party in Sam and Mo-chi's marriage and thus she left. *Hou Guanqun as Chai Cheng-kong (柴井崗), Ho-fung's father *

Wallis Pang Wallis Pang (born 26 August 1973) was once an actress with Television Broadcasts Limited, who first came into fame in ''File of Justice''. She is popularly known for her role Ah Jing in '' A Kindred Spirit'', in which she was paired with Lap San, ...

as Chai Ho Kwai (柴可貴), Ho-fung's younger sister

P&D Toy Company

*Ben Wong as Gordon, Sam's superior *Bruce Li as Ben, Sam's colleague *Timothy Siu as Chicken, Sam's colleague

Other cast

* Joe Ma as Peter *

Hoyan Mok Hoyan Mok () is a Hong Kong actress. She won the 1993 Miss Hong Kong Pageant and worked as an actress for TVB in the 1990s. She was president of Wai Yin Association in 2009–2010. Mok is married to Alex Fong Chung-sun who is also a Hong Kon ...

as Amigo, Mo-chi's good friend.

External links

Official Website
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