''The Lucky Stars'' is a 2005 Chinese fantasy/costume
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
TV series on
Fu Lu Shou, 3
Chinese mythology
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Much of t ...
deities or stars. It was directed by Liu Zhi and produced by Li Mi and Beijing-based NMG Pictures.
The show stars Malaysian actor
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
, Taiwanese actor Chang Shih and Hong Kong actor
Bobby Au-yeung
Robert Au-yeung Tsan-wah (born 28 July 1960) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his comedic roles in many TVB television dramas. He gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Ben Yu in the 1991 legal drama ''File of Justice' ...
in the lead roles, while Singaporean actress
Fann Wong and mainland China actors
Xu Zheng, Kou Zhenhai and
Ning Jing
Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Milan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in ''Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in '' Lover's Grief over the Yellow River'' (1999) and Empr ...
round out the main cast. It was first broadcast on Singapore's
MediaCorp Channel 8 on December 6, 2005. In China it was first broadcast on
Guangzhou Television
The Guangzhou Broadcasting Network (), also known as GZBN, is a municipally-owned television network in Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The television department made its first broadcast on 10 January 1988, while radio depart ...
on January 9, 2006.
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Cast
*Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
as Fu Star (God of Fortune)
* Chang Shih as Lu Star (God of Prosperity)
*Bobby Au-yeung
Robert Au-yeung Tsan-wah (born 28 July 1960) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his comedic roles in many TVB television dramas. He gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Ben Yu in the 1991 legal drama ''File of Justice' ...
as Shou Star (God of Longevity)
* Fann Wong as Magu
* Xu Zheng as Zhang Guolao
* Kou Zhenhai as Jade Emperor
The Jade Emperor or Yudi ( or , ') in Chinese culture, traditional religions and myth is one of the representations of the first god ( '). In Daoist theology he is the assistant of Yuanshi Tianzun, who is one of the Three Pure Ones, the three ...
*Ning Jing
Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Milan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in ''Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in '' Lover's Grief over the Yellow River'' (1999) and Empr ...
as Wangmu Niangniang
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References
''The Lucky Stars''
on MediaCorp
External links
*
Shenmo television series
2005 Chinese television series debuts
2006 Chinese television series endings
Mandarin-language television shows
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