Lady Sour

Lady Sour
醋娘子

Lady Sour official poster
Also known as Vinegar Lady
Vinegar Wife
Genre Period drama, Comedy, Romance
Created by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written by Tong Gin Ping, Wong Ching Man, Choi Wai Ho, Ngai Hong Yee, Ng Chi Keung
Directed by Koon Gwok Wai, Chin Wing Chi, Lam Chi Yan, Law Chun Wai
Starring Myolie Wu
Ron Ng
Him Law
Eliza Sam
Jade Leung
Opening theme When You Came Into My Life? 是你嗎? by Ron Ng & Myolie Wu
Composer(s) Alan Cheung
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Catherine Tsang
Producer(s) Poon Ka Tak 潘嘉德
Editor(s) Gu Wai Nam 賈偉南
Location(s) Hong Kong
Camera setup Multi camera
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) TVB
Release
Original network Jade
HD Jade
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 1 December 2014 (2014-12-01) – 28 December 2014 (2014-12-28)
External links
Website
Lady Sour
Chinese 醋娘子
Literal meaning "Vinegar Wife"

Lady Sour (Chinese: 醋娘子; Jyutping: cou3 noeng4 zi2; literally Vinegar Wife) is a 2014 Hong Kong costume drama, comedy, romance produced and developed by Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited, starring Myolie Wu, Ron Ng, Him Law, Eliza Sam and Jade Leung as the main cast. Filming took place from November 2013 till January 2014. The drama was broadcast on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and HD Jade channels December 1 till December 28, 2014 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 20 episodes.[1]

Plot

Cho Tsing and her mother Cho Cho Bi Yue are itinerant beauticians wandering the country in search of Cho Tsing's missing father. In the course of their wanderings, Cho Tsing falls in love with Tsin Tung and the two become husband and wife.

San Cha has been Tsin Tung personal maid since childhood, and the two have an understanding that ignites Cho Tsing's jealousy. Cho Tsing's attempts get rid of San Cha, by marrying her off, backfire when Tsin Tung realises he loves her takes her as a concubine. Cho Tsing resents having to share a husband with another woman and when Tsin Tung divorces her she seeks solace with another man, her former enemy Kai Chun.

Cast

The following names uses Cantonese romanisations

Tsin Family

ArtistCharacterNotes
Lily LeungChu On Nin
(朱安寧)
Old Lady Tsin
Mother of Tsin Tsung, Tsin Sheung
Grand mother of Tsin Tung
Koo Ming-wahTsin Tsung
(錢莊)
Son of Chu On Nin
Brother of Tsin Tseung
Tsin Tung's father
Kai Sho's husband
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "bank"
Jade LeungKai Sho
(計素)
Tsin Tsung's principle wife
Kai Chun's sister
Cho Cho Bi Yue's good friend
first an enemy and subsequently friend of Tsin Sheung
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "doing sums"
Alice ChanTsin Sheung
(錢霜)
Chu On Nin's daughter
Tsin Tsung's sister
Tsin Tung's aunt
Fu Sam Yan's coequal wife
Sheung Kwun Man's former lover
Ning Choi Tze's good friend, subsequently rivals in love
first an enemy and subsequently friend of Kai Sho
enemy of Cho Tsing and Cho Cho Bi Yue
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "money box"
Him LawTsin Tung
(錢通)
Tsin Tsung's son
Tsin Sheung's nephew
Cho Tsings husband,later ex-husband
San Cha's husband
Myolie WuCho Tsing
(曹青)
Cho Tai Kung and Cho Cho Bi Yue's daughter
Tsin Tung's wife, later ex-wife
Kai Chun's enemy later lovers
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "vinegar keg", a term used to describe women prone to jealousy
Eliza SamSan Cha
(山楂)
Originally Tsin Tung's maid, later concubine and then principle wife
So Yan CheeSo Bik Won
(蘇碧雲)
Chu On Nin's personal servant
Tsin Tung's former wet nurse

Cho family

ArtistCharacterNotes
Koo Koon ChunCho Tai Kung
(曹大功)
Cho Cho Bi Yue's husband
Cho Tsing's father
Gigi WongCho Cho Bi Yue
(曹曹閉月)
beautician
Cho Tai Kung's wife
Cho Tsing's mother
Kai Sho's good friend
Tsin Sheung's enemy
the name is a pun, Cho Cho Bi being a Chinese homophone of "chatterbox"
Cho is both her maiden and married name, she married within her own clan
Myolie WuCho Tsing
(曹青)
Cho Tai Kung and Cho Cho Bi Yue's daughter
See Tsin family

Other cast

ArtistCharacterNotes
Ron NgKai Chun
(計準)
Kai Sho's brother
Cho Tsing's enemy later lover
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "well calculated"
Derek KokFu Sam Yan
(傅琛仁)
Local magistrate
Ning Choi Tze and Tsin Sheung's husband
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "love cheat"
Koni LuiNing Choi Tze
(冷采慈)
Fu Sam Yan's co-equal wife
Tsin Sheung's good friend, subsequently rivals in love
Ho Kwan ShingSheung Kwun Man
(上官文)
Tsin Sheung's former lover
Fu Sam Yan's underling
Lo Chun ShunSun Jing Yee
(辛正義)
Constable
Fu Sam Yan's underling
the name is a pun, the Chinese meaning upholder of righteousness

Development

Complaints

Viewership Ratings

# Timeslot (HKT) Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
1
Mon – Fri 20:30
01–05 Dec 2014
1 — 5
22
23
2
08–11 Dec 2014
6 — 9
22
24
3
16–19 Dec 2014
10 — 13
23
26
4
22–26 Dec 2014
14 — 18
24
26
28 Dec 2014
19 — 20
27
29
Total average
23
29

References

  1. Lady Sour soompi page. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  2. Liza Wang Turns Down New TVB Drama with Bosco Wong. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  3. TVB’s “The Vinegar Lady” Films Sales Presentation. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  4. Myolie Wu and Him Law to Star in “The Vinegar Lady”. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  5. Myolie Wu At “The Vinegar Lady” Costume Fitting. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  6. "Vinegar Lady" Costume Fitting. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  7. Ron Ng Prepared for Criticism for Exaggerated Acting in “Lady Sour”. Retrieved July 10, 2015

External links

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