''Burning Hands'' () is a

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crime television drama produced by Yip Chan-fai and TVB. The plot follows a team of

con artists A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have de ...

and illusionists, who are hired by a

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tycoon to find the mastermind behind his casino's embezzled funds. But the leader of the gang, Chak Koon-yat (

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), has his own reasons for helping the mogul. ''Burning Hands'' began principal photography in March 2016, which lasted until July 2016. It premiered on 16 January 2017.

Synopsis

"Yat Gor" Chak Koon-yat, "Win Jeh" Ho Ching-fa, and "Yee Jai" Hugo Ng have followed their master Szeto Sing to learn con tricks and illusions since childhood. Yat and Fa grow fond of each other over the years, but a competition estranges them and they lose contact. In order to flush out the mole, a casino tycoon named Fok Chun-sing colludes with Szeto to induce Yat and Hugo into taking up a secret mission, resulting in their reunion with Fa. With each of them possessing a unique talent, they gradually uncover that the mole might be Fok's right-hand man Lam Lui, confidant Yau Yuet-wah, or one of their rivals. But nothing is as it seems. To come into terms to why Fok killed his father Cheung Tin-lung twenty years ago, Yat infiltrates the Chun Sing Group, dealing a crushing blow to the crisis-ridden casino. That leads to an enmity between siblings, total severance of the master-disciple relationship, and irreconcilable differences between father and son.

Cast and characters

Con artists

as Yat Gor (一哥; "Brother One") / Chak Koon-yat (翟冠一; ''Zaak Gunjat''): the main protagonist, an insightful

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illusionist, and the leader of the team. Cheung Tin-lung's biological son. He initially gets close to Chun-sing in order to avenge his father. Yat later finds out that his father did not die, and that his father was the one who first attempted to kill Fok. *

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as Win Jeh (Win姐; "Sister Win") / Ho Ching-fa (何正花; ''Ho Zingfaa''): a

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swindler and Yat Gor's love interest. * Joel Chan as Yee Jai (義仔) / Hugo Ng (伍柏義; ''Ng Paakji''): a main villain, a

street magic Street magic falls into two genres; traditional street performance and guerrilla magic. Traditional street performance The first definition of street magic refers to a traditional form of magic performance – that of busking. In this, the m ...

ian, and Yat's childhood friend. * Candice Chiu as Souvenir / Sophia So (蘇麗芬; ''So Laifan''): an

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. *

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as Sun Kai Jai (新界仔; " NT Kid") / Ting Kuen (丁權; ''Ding Kyun''): a skilled

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fighter. *

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as Open Eyes / Lee Hang (李亨; ''Lei Hang''): an amateur racer, acting as the driver for the team. *

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as Sau Fung (收峰; "Get Wind") / Ng Sai-fung (吳世峰; ''Ng Saifung''): the team's greaseman, in charge of collecting intel. He can lip-read and also works as a bartender. * Pat Poon as Szeto Sing (司徒省; ''Sitou Sing''): 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.

Extended 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. *

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as Dawn Fok (霍曦昕; ''Fok Heijan'') Fok's daughter. She is also Yee's girlfriend. *

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as Celine Yau Yuet-wah (丘月華; ''Jau Jyunwaa''): Fok's lover and confidant. Cheung Tin-lung's wife. Fok's ex-girlfriend and real loved one. * Jacquelin Ch'ng as Veronica Ha (夏美詩; ''Haa Meisi''): a news reporter, and Hugo's love interest. *

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as Chow Siu-leung (周兆良; ''Zau Siuloeng''): a main villain, a police officer who starts investigating Szeto's con-artist crew. *

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as Lam Lui (林磊; ''Lam Leoi''): a villain, Fok's right-hand man. The one behind Fok and Tin-lung's conflict.

Recurring cast members

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(阮柔紫) as Koon-yat's mother *

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( 謝可逸) as Ho Ka-Chung, Ho Ching-fa’s younger brother * Hugo Ng as Cheung Tin-lung, Koon-yat's father, former partner of Chun-sing but murdered by him in

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20 years ago. He survives the murder attempt but suffers memory loss for 20 years. After he regains his memory, he returns to take revenge on Fok. * Lena Wong * Otto Chan *

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* Nicole Leung ( 梁麗翹) as Zita, the "Gambling King"'s secretary.

Awards and nominations

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.
《乘勝狙擊》 "Winning Attack" Costume Fitting. Retrieved July 31, 2016 *

Elaine Yiu Elaine Yiu (born 21 November, 1980 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB. Career Elaine Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing ...

was originally cast as Dawn Fok. Due to an incident where her dog scratched her face, she had to turn down the role and was replaced by

. * Kenneth Ma was originally cast in the role, Yee Jai, but dropped out due to schedule conflicts and was replaced by Joel Chan.

References

External links

''Burning Hands'' Official TVB website

K-TVB.net
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