A House Is Not a Home | |
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Chinese | 家變 |
Created by | Yip Kit Hing |
Starring |
Liza Wang Simon Yam Tang Pik-wan Bak Man-biu Nam Hung Ha Yu Lee Heung-kam |
Opening theme | "家變" (A House Is Not A Home) by Roman Tam |
Composer | Joseph Koo |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 110 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Yip Kit Hing |
Running time | 45 minutes (110 episodes) |
Original release | |
Network | TVB |
A House Is Not a Home ( Chinese: 家變) is a 1977 TVB television series. It stars Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu, Bak Man-biu, Tang Pik-wan and Lee Heung-kam.
In 1970s Hong Kong, the construction industry was booming, but hidden dangers, due to corruption often jeopardized the public's safety. Lok Fai ( Bak Man-biu) is one of these construction company owners. He has two wives, the first, Yuen Heng Wan ( Tang Pik-wan) has 3 children including a gay son, Lok Wah ( Simon Yam). Lok Fai's second wife Wong Yee Tak ( Nam Hung) has two daughters, Lok Lam ( Liza Wang) and Lok Man ( Tsui Mei-leng). [1]
Between the two families, sandwiches Lok's friend a banker and his lawyer son who helps to mediate between the two wives but Heng Wan and her best friend, Sze Li Mo-Yung ( Lee Heung-Kam), have deep hatred for them. Lok Lam creates a magazine, but the magazine's publication has Lok Wah's nude photos! (based on the 1970s standard, it is) This causes a war among the two families, and all hell breaks loose....with the anti-corruption ICAC investigators (played by Chow Yun-fat and Bill Chan respectively) who are hot on Lok Fai's trail. With his unworthy son-in-law Ma Chun Yau ( Ha Yu) taking over the business it is now up to Lok Lam to save the family business.
The TVB drama A House Is Not a Home premiered on 1 August 1977 and had 110 episodes. [2] [3] Roman Tam sang the series' theme song. His performance became more popular than the theme song "Raging Tide". [2] The series was viewed by 2.4 million people, which broke the previous record. [4]
According to the scholars Heung-wah Wong and Hoi-yan Yau, Liza Wang's depicted Lok Lam, the heroine of the story, as a strong woman which "found great favor with Hong Kong audiences, especially young women". Numerous Hong Kong women mimicked the "Lok Lam hairstyle", which is a "straight shoulder-length cut with a wavy fringe". Career women viewed Lok Lam, a powerful woman focused on her career, as their exemplar in the several years after the drama was broadcast. [4]
The heroine's brother was depicted as "sissy" gay man. Although a small part, during 1970s Hong Kong television, his character was "the major representation" of a gay Hong Kong man. [5] The South China Morning Post's Lisa Cam said A House Is Not a Home made Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu, and Tang Pik-wan "Hong Kong acting legends". [6]
A House Is Not a Home | |
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Chinese | 家變 |
Created by | Yip Kit Hing |
Starring |
Liza Wang Simon Yam Tang Pik-wan Bak Man-biu Nam Hung Ha Yu Lee Heung-kam |
Opening theme | "家變" (A House Is Not A Home) by Roman Tam |
Composer | Joseph Koo |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 110 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Yip Kit Hing |
Running time | 45 minutes (110 episodes) |
Original release | |
Network | TVB |
A House Is Not a Home ( Chinese: 家變) is a 1977 TVB television series. It stars Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu, Bak Man-biu, Tang Pik-wan and Lee Heung-kam.
In 1970s Hong Kong, the construction industry was booming, but hidden dangers, due to corruption often jeopardized the public's safety. Lok Fai ( Bak Man-biu) is one of these construction company owners. He has two wives, the first, Yuen Heng Wan ( Tang Pik-wan) has 3 children including a gay son, Lok Wah ( Simon Yam). Lok Fai's second wife Wong Yee Tak ( Nam Hung) has two daughters, Lok Lam ( Liza Wang) and Lok Man ( Tsui Mei-leng). [1]
Between the two families, sandwiches Lok's friend a banker and his lawyer son who helps to mediate between the two wives but Heng Wan and her best friend, Sze Li Mo-Yung ( Lee Heung-Kam), have deep hatred for them. Lok Lam creates a magazine, but the magazine's publication has Lok Wah's nude photos! (based on the 1970s standard, it is) This causes a war among the two families, and all hell breaks loose....with the anti-corruption ICAC investigators (played by Chow Yun-fat and Bill Chan respectively) who are hot on Lok Fai's trail. With his unworthy son-in-law Ma Chun Yau ( Ha Yu) taking over the business it is now up to Lok Lam to save the family business.
The TVB drama A House Is Not a Home premiered on 1 August 1977 and had 110 episodes. [2] [3] Roman Tam sang the series' theme song. His performance became more popular than the theme song "Raging Tide". [2] The series was viewed by 2.4 million people, which broke the previous record. [4]
According to the scholars Heung-wah Wong and Hoi-yan Yau, Liza Wang's depicted Lok Lam, the heroine of the story, as a strong woman which "found great favor with Hong Kong audiences, especially young women". Numerous Hong Kong women mimicked the "Lok Lam hairstyle", which is a "straight shoulder-length cut with a wavy fringe". Career women viewed Lok Lam, a powerful woman focused on her career, as their exemplar in the several years after the drama was broadcast. [4]
The heroine's brother was depicted as "sissy" gay man. Although a small part, during 1970s Hong Kong television, his character was "the major representation" of a gay Hong Kong man. [5] The South China Morning Post's Lisa Cam said A House Is Not a Home made Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Ha Yu, and Tang Pik-wan "Hong Kong acting legends". [6]