My Date with a Vampire II

My Date with a Vampire II

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Genre Fantasy, jiangshi fiction, supernatural, romance
Written by Chan Sap-sam
Directed by Chan San-hap
Ng Kam-yuen
Sin Chi-wai
Wong Wai-kit
Chan Kwok-wah
Tang Hin-sing
Ma Wah-kon
CHeung Kin-wai
Leung Yan-chuen
Lau Tze-fuk
Leung Kwok-kun
Lau Wai-sing
Starring Eric Wan
Joey Meng
Kristy Yang
Kenneth Chan
Pinky Cheung
Berg Ng
Chapman To
Simon Yam
Ruby Wong
Cheung Kwok-kuen
Wong Shee-tong
Joey Leung
Opening theme Ka Yu Chan Di Yau Ko Yeuk Wui (假如真的有個約會; If We Really Do Have a Date) performed by Chiang Ka-ying
Ending theme Ngoi Zoi Tei Kau Wai Mit Si (愛在地球毀滅時; Love When the Earth is Destroyed) performed by Lee Kwok-cheung
Composer(s) Yukie Nishimura
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 43
Production
Producer(s) Sin Chi-wai
Location(s) Hong Kong
Running time 45 minutes per episode
Production company(s) ATV
Release
Original network ATV
Original release 6 March – 30 April 2000
Chronology
Preceded by My Date with a Vampire (1998)
Followed by My Date with a Vampire III (2004)
My Date with a Vampire II
Traditional Chinese 我和殭屍有個約會II
Simplified Chinese 我和僵尸有个约会II

My Date with a Vampire II is a 2000 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV as a sequel to My Date with a Vampire (1998), but with a completely new story. It was followed by My Date with a Vampire III in 2004. The series starred many cast members from the first season. Like the first season, My Date with a Vampire II also blends aspects of the Chinese "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology and modern horror legends, but in this season, there is an additional touch of eschatology.

Plot

At the end of the first instalment of My Date with a Vampire, the Buddha Vairocana grants Fong Kwok-wah (Fong Tin-yau) his wish to travel back in time and be a vampire no more. In My Date with a Vampire II, Fong Kwok-wah and Yamamoto Kazuo clash again in 1938 and their fight arouses the attention of Cheung San, the progenitor of all vampires, who interrupts the fight. Just as Cheung San is about to bite the two men and turn them into vampires, Ma Dan-na appears and attacks Cheung San and drives him away, thus sparing Fong and Yamamoto from their fates. Not long later, Fong agrees to help Ma hunt down and destroy Cheung San. They succeed in trapping Cheung San but he breaks free, bites Fong and the boy Fuk-sang, and transforms them into vampires.

Fong Kwok-wah and Fuk-sang survive until the present-day (1990s) and their physical appearances have not changed since 60 years ago. However, before Fong became a vampire, he already had a son with his wife Sau, so he now has a grandson named Fong Tin-yau. Fong Tin-yau is killed in an incident in England so Fong Kwok-wah impersonates his grandson. He meets Ma Siu-ling (a descendant of Ma Dan-na), the heiress to a clan of ghostbusters who have dedicated themselves to ridding the world of evil supernatural beings. Fong starts a romance with Ma.

Nüwa, the goddess who created humankind in Chinese mythology, feels very disappointed and heartbroken after wtitnessing how her creations have become corrupted by evil. She intends to end the world on 2 January 2001. Cheung San existed long before the world came into existence, and he has a crush on Nüwa. Fong Tin-yau, Ma Siu-ling, and their friends plan to stop Nüwa from ending the world. However, they will come into conflict with not only the goddess herself, but also Cheung San and his followers.

Vampires

See My Date with a Vampire#Vampires for a description of the vampires depicted in this television series.

Cast

External links

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