''Noblesse Oblige'' (; literally "The Realm of Unusual Officials") is a

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, it stars

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as the main leads, with Joel Chan,

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as the major supporting cast. The drama was filmed from January till April 2014. First original broadcast began on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels December 29, 2014 till January 24, 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 21 episodes, the last two episodes were aired on the same night as a two-hour finale. This is Kenneth Ma and Tavia Yeung's fifth collaboration. The two previously starred together in ''

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''. This is also Joel Chan's first drama since previously quitting acting to concentrate on his personal life.

Synopsis

Noblesse Oblige ''Noblesse oblige'' (; ; literally “nobility obliges”) is a French expression from a time when French (more specifically, Anglo-Norman) was the language of the English nobility, and retains in English the meaning that nobility extends beyo ...

" is a French term meaning those who are privileged are obligated to help those that are less fortunate. To Chun-fung (Kenneth Ma) is the illegitimate son of an affluent banking family during the Qing dynasty, but due to his birth title and his step-mothers he doesn't have much ambitions in life. Wanting to help the poor people in his county he decides to borrow money from his father and open a unique kind of bank. Instead of currency, his bank lends tools to people so that they can be employed. When nuns to-be Wai Lam (Tavia Yeung) and Wai Yu (Cilla Kung) borrows from Chun-fung's bank to renovate their monastery and is unable to pay him back they are forced to be his personal servants and body guards. Prince Yu (Ram Chiang) takes notice of Chun-fung's clever idea and pushes him to be a government magistrate. Wanting to eradicate corrupted officials and with the help of Prince Yu, his older half-brother To Chun-ming (Joel Chan), who is the imperial governor of their province, and help of his best-friend Fong Gwai-cheung (Benjamin Yuen), Chun-fung becomes a magistrate. With Lam and Yu's protection against those who want to retaliate Chun-fung's cleansing of corruption he is able to take down many corrupted government officials but he is faced with having to choose doing right or family when one of the corrupted officials is Chun-ming.

Cast

Main cast

as To Chun-fung 杜振鋒 *

as Wai Lam 惠琳 * Joel Chan as To Chun-ming 杜振銘 *

as Fong Gwai-cheung 方貴祥 *

as Prince Yu 裕親王 *

as Wai Yu 惠瑜

To family

* Lau Dan as To Chor-lam 杜楚南 * Susan Tse as Tong Yun-ching 唐婉貞 * Celine Ma as Ho Sau-yee 何秀儀 * Lily Poon as Chiu Siu-yin 趙小燕 * Janey Yan as Chui Suk-chau 崔素秋 * Dolby Kwan as To Chun-kwan 杜振鈞 * Leo Tsang as Ma Sing 馬誠 * Jenny Wong as head maid Lau 劉大媽 * Feifei Chu as Heung Miu 香梅 * Ice Chow as Heung Lan 香蘭 *Melody Ng as Law Siu-ying 羅小螢

Imperial Qing Dynasty court

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康熙帝 *

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as Wing Bak-hin 榮伯軒 *

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as Sek Si-suen 石之信 * Eddie Law as Suk Tat 索達 * Chan Wing-chun as Official Chu 朱公旦 *

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as Gwan Gin-yan 關建仁 *

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as Yu Ding-fan 余定帆

Extended cast

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as Bak Hau-ling 白巧靈 *

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as Koo Jun-on 顧仲安 *Vincent Cheung as Wu Jo-gwong 胡祖光 * Sunny Tai as On Tai-hoi 安大海 * Sam Tsang as Man Sai-coeng 萬世昌 *

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as Mrs. Ci-yan 慈恩師太 *

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as Nap Lan Yi-tai 納蘭爾泰 * Wendy Hon as Man Fung-ying 文鳳英 *

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as Kwok Yung 郭勇 *

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as Fan Sai-si 范西斯 * Shally Tsang as Wai Yuk 惠珏 *

Andy Sui Andy may refer to: People *Andy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer born Horace Hinds *Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and piano ...

as Ng Ching-hung 吳正鴻 * Wang Wai-tak as Lam Jin-leung 林展良 * Chan Min-leung as Tin Yi-nau 田二牛 * Helen Ng as Mok San-leung 莫三娘 *

Eddie Li Eddie Li Yu-yeung () is a Hong Kong model and actor. He made his first appearance in Hearts Of Fencing on TVB in 2003, in which he played a rich kid who thought he was all that because he had so much money, a character that resembles (or probabl ...

as Luk San 陸山 * Mok Wai-man as Fung Hok-tak馮鶴德 * Louis Szeto as Suen Ho-yin 孫浩然 *Kedar Wong as Ching Hau-lai 程孝禮 * Chan Dik-hak as real Miu Fat 妙法真人 *

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as Cho Koon-nam 曹冠南 * Ngai Wai-man as Sung Chi-yuen 宋致遠 * So Lai-ming as Sung Chi-yuen's wife 宋致遠之妻 * Ho Chun-hin as Koo Ceok-tin 古卓天 *

Rocky Cheng ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burge ...

as killer 殺手

Development

*The title during early developments of the drama was "Top Quality Petty Official 極品芝麻品", because producer Lee Tim-sing thought the title sounded too simple it was changed to "The Beauty of Bureaucracy 官場浮世繪" during start of production. During post-production of the drama the title was once again changed to the confirmed title "Noblesse Oblige 宦海奇官'. *The costume fitting ceremony was held on January 23, 2014 12:45 p.m. at Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One. *The blessing ceremony was held on February 18, 2014 at Tseung Kwan O TVB City. *An early preview if ''Noblesse Oblige'' was shown at FILMART 2014 in April 2014.
"Noblesse Oblige" @ FILMART 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2015

Viewership Ratings

Awards and nominations

International Broadcast

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References

External links

Official website
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