The Unbeatables I (双天至尊I) is a Singapore drama series that was made by

Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

's (SBC) Channel 8. The popularity of the series led to the production of 2 follow-ups,

The Unbeatables II The Unbeatables II (双天至尊II) is the sequel to the highly successful drama series ''The Unbeatables I''. Cast *Li Nanxing as Yan Fei *Zoe Tay as Luo Qifang/Long Jiajia/Huang Yuefang *Chew Chor Meng as Ding Zhaohui *Zhu Houren as Long Tingg ...

and

The Unbeatables III ''The Unbeatables III'' () is a 30-episode Singaporean drama serial which was telecast in November 2002. Produced by Mediacorp, the drama is the third and last drama in The Unbeatables series, and was broadcast six years after The Unbeatables II ...

Cast

Li Nanxing Jonathan Lee Nam Heng (born 7 November 1964), better known as Li Nanxing (), is a Singaporean actor and was named as 'Ah-Ge' (大哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a film director and producer. Li has acted in many Chinese-lang ...

as Yan Fei/Lin Jianfei *

Zoe Tay Zoe Tay (; born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie" (Top Actress) by the local media since the rise of her popularity in the 1990s. She is one of th ...

as Luo Qifang/Long Jiajia *

Zhu Houren Zhu Houren () is a Singaporean actor. Personal life Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School. In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm '' After School'', while taking on a role in the same film. During the Star Awards 2010 ...

as Long Tingguang *

Chen Shucheng Tan Soo Seng, better known as Chen Shucheng, (, born 21 October 1949) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He is one of Mediacorp's few artistes still active from the " black and white" era. Career Acting Chen joined Mediacorp, then kn ...

as Yan Kun *Cassandra See as Luo Wenxin *Lin Yisheng as He Xiangnan *Liang Weidong as Cai Haijie *

Hong Huifang Hong Huifang (born Ang Hwee Fong on 7 January 1961) is a Singaporean actress. Career Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps b ...

as Qiu Huaifeng *

Richard Low Richard Low (; born 19 June 1952), also known as Liu Qianyi, is a Singaporean actor. He is best known for acting in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. He also acted in some of Jack Neo's ...

as Qiu Dingtian

Synopsis

King of Gamblers, Yan Kun and King of Deception, Long Tingguang, both set their eyes on Coral Island - an undeveloped empty island- for their future casino landmark. Through underhanded methods, Long wins the gambling match with Yan and thus acquires the rights to the island. Yan is then forced to blind his own eyes, while his wife is made to commit suicide, leaving Yan's five-year-old son an orphan. 18 years later, Yan's son has grown up as Lin Jianfei. His happy-go-lucky attitude is a cover for his ultimate goal: to avenge his parents' misfortunes. His gambling skills draws the attention of Long's enemy, Qiu Huaifeng. She hires Lin to work for her family's casino and Lin uses this opportunity to perfect his gambling skills. Later, Lin and his friend, Xiangnan, are mistakenly arrested for illegal gambling by policewoman, Luo Qifang. Qifang and her sister, Wenxin, both turn out to be Lin's neighbour. Over time, the bickering pair become romantically involved, and Lin reveals his true identity as Yan Fei, the son of the King of Gamblers. Just as the young couple's relationship blooms, Qifang discovers that she is actually Long Jiajia - the long lost daughter and the only surviving child of Long, Yan Fei's arch enemy.

Production

A Singapore card expert, Robert Chew, was engaged to teach the cast card tricks. SBC also engaged Jiang Dou Hai, who directed gambling stunts in Hong Kong gambling films, to teach the cast for two months. One of the few Singapore series (inclusive of the sequels) with gambling theme and the only one during the 1990s.

Accolades

References

Singapore Chinese dramas 1993 Singaporean television seasons {{Asia-tv-prog-stub