''The Conqueror's Story'' is a Hong Kong television series based on the events in the
Chu–Han Contention, an
interregnum
An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of revolutionary breach of legal continuity, discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one m ...
between the fall of the
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...
and the founding of the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
in Chinese history. It was first broadcast in 2004 in Hong Kong on
TVB Jade
TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Hong Kong Cantonese, Cantonese-language Terrestrial television, free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister n ...
.
Plot
The plot follows a story-by-story pattern, with each episode featuring an event before and during the
Chu–Han Contention. A cast member explains the background of the story in the prologue of each episode.
Pre-episode extras
Prior to the start of each episode is an extra scene that provides an explanation to a certain main point within that episode, many of which have been enshrined in history books, or have become idioms frequently used in modern Chinese society.
Cast
: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.''
*
Adam Cheng
Adam Cheng Siu-chau (born 24 February 1947; formerly known as Cheng Chong-sai and Wong Ho-chung) is a Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB actor and Cantopop singer.
Career
Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reput ...
as
Lau Bong
*
Kwong Wa as
Hong Yu
*
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as
Lui Chi
*
Melissa Ng as
Consort Yu
* Law Lok-lam as
Fan Tsang
* Wong Chak-fung as
Hung Chong
* Wong Chun-tong as
Ying Bo
* Kong Hon as
Hung Leung
*
Chan Hung-lit as
Hung Bak
* Yau Biu as
Lung Chui
* Mak Ka-lun as
Chung-lei Mui
* Siu Chuk-yiu as Yu Tze-kei
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Wayne Lai as
Hon Sun
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Ram Chiang as
Cheung Leung
* Ngai Wai as
Fan Fai
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Gilbert Lam as
Chan Ping
* Chan Wing-chun as
Ha-hau Ying
* Henry Lo as
Siu Ho
* Timothy Siu as
Cho Sam
* Yu Tze-ming as Lik Yik-kei
* Cerina da Graca as
Consort Chik
* Sherming Yiu as Lady Heung
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Angela Tong as
Consort Bok
* Chan Kwan as
Lau Ying
* Kwok Chuk-wah as
Kei Shun
* Sun Kwai-hing as
Lau Bong's father
* Liu Lai-lai as Lau Bong's mother
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Ngo Ka-nin as
Chor Yi Dai
* Wong Ching as
Sung Yi
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Lau Kong as Lui Man
* Mike Wong as
Chun Chi Wong
* Law Kwan-chor as
Chiu Ko
* Lee Wing-ho as
Wu-hoi
* Lee Wing-hon as
Tze-ying
* Cheung Tat-lun as
Lui Bat-wai
* Ho Yin-chung as
Fu-so
* Doi Chi-wai as Cheung Ping
* Choi Kok-hing as
Cheung Hum
* Kwan Ching as
Tung Yi
* Wah Chung-nam as
Sze-ma Yan
* Chiu Man-tung as
Chan Sing
* Tsui Wing as
Ng Kwong
* Lee Hung-kit as Ngai Pau
* Wong Man-biu as
Pang Yut
* Cheng Ka-sang as Cheung Yee
* Lee Hoi-sang as Chan Yu
* Tang Yu-chiu as Tin Do
* Cheung Hon-ban as Ng Jui
* Kwok Tak-shun as
Hon Sun, King of Hon
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Joe Junior as Gak-lung
* Yiu Ying-ying as Yan Cheung
* Ngan Lai-jui as
Princess Lo-yuen
* Cheng Chi-sing as Yung Chi
References
External links
*
''The Conqueror's Story'' official pageon TVB's website
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2004 Hong Kong television series debuts
2004 Hong Kong television series endings
TVB dramas
Television series set in the Western Han dynasty
Television series set in the Qin dynasty