Empress Wu | |
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Traditional Chinese | 武則天 |
Simplified Chinese | 武则天 |
Literal meaning | Wu Zetian |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Zétiān |
Jyutping | Mou5 Zak1-tin1 |
Genre | Historical drama |
Starring |
Petrina Fung Tony Liu Savio Tsang Lo Chun-shun Pat Poon Lau Hung-fong |
Theme music composer | Kwan Sing-yau |
Opening theme | Chi Ngo Mou Ching Yau Ching (知我無情有情) performed by Cheung Nam-ngan |
Ending theme | hung guk juei yam (空谷足音) performed by Cheung Nam-ngan |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lee Siu-wah |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Production company | ATV |
Original release | |
Network | ATV Home |
Release | 6 August 28 September 1984 | –
Empress Wu is a 1984 Hong Kong television serial based on the biography of Wu Zetian (Cantonese: Mou Zak-tin), the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of " Empress Regnant", starring Petrina Fung as the title character. The serial was produced by ATV and was first aired in Hong Kong on ATV Home from 6 August to 28 September 1984. [1]
It was shown with English subtitles in Australia on SBS from 1987 to 1990. [2]
A dubbed English version of the serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in sixty-five weekly 30-minute episodes from 4 October 1987 to 21 January 1989. [3]
Empress Wu | |
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Traditional Chinese | 武則天 |
Simplified Chinese | 武则天 |
Literal meaning | Wu Zetian |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Zétiān |
Jyutping | Mou5 Zak1-tin1 |
Genre | Historical drama |
Starring |
Petrina Fung Tony Liu Savio Tsang Lo Chun-shun Pat Poon Lau Hung-fong |
Theme music composer | Kwan Sing-yau |
Opening theme | Chi Ngo Mou Ching Yau Ching (知我無情有情) performed by Cheung Nam-ngan |
Ending theme | hung guk juei yam (空谷足音) performed by Cheung Nam-ngan |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lee Siu-wah |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Production company | ATV |
Original release | |
Network | ATV Home |
Release | 6 August 28 September 1984 | –
Empress Wu is a 1984 Hong Kong television serial based on the biography of Wu Zetian (Cantonese: Mou Zak-tin), the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of " Empress Regnant", starring Petrina Fung as the title character. The serial was produced by ATV and was first aired in Hong Kong on ATV Home from 6 August to 28 September 1984. [1]
It was shown with English subtitles in Australia on SBS from 1987 to 1990. [2]
A dubbed English version of the serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in sixty-five weekly 30-minute episodes from 4 October 1987 to 21 January 1989. [3]