River of Wine

River of Wine
九江十二坊

River of Wine promo poster
Genre Period drama
Written by Yuen Siu-na
Starring Bowie Lam
Linda Chung
Sunny Chan
Elena Kong
Nancy Sit
Ngo Ka-nin
Sire Ma
Cilla Kung
Alex Lam
Theme music composer Victor Chen
Opening theme Kam Chiu Yau Chau (今朝有酒) by Tai Chi
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 25
Production
Executive producer(s) Wong Wai-sing
Location(s) Hong Kong
Nanhai, Foshan, China
Camera setup Multi camera
Production company(s) Television Broadcasts Limited
Release
Original network TVB Jade
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 29 August – 30 September 2011
External links
Website
River of Wine

intertitle
Traditional Chinese 九江十二坊
Simplified Chinese 九江十二坊
Literal meaning "The Twelve Mills of Jiujiang"

River of Wine is a 2011 Hong Kong period drama television series produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Wong Wai-sing. A costume fitting ceremony was held on 16 December 2010 at 12:30 PM.[1][2] A blessing ceremony was held on 11 January 2011 2:00 PM where filming began.[3] Production was wrapped on 2 April 2011. The premiere episode aired on 29 August 2011.

Plot

The story takes place in the Qing Dynasty, revolving around the Sung and Leung family. Madam Leung (Nancy Sit) is the owner of a small business with eldest son Leung Ching-yiu (Bowie Lam), second son Leung Ching-hong (Sunny Chan), eldest daughter Leung Sau-man (Casper Chan) and youngest daughter Leung Sau-yin (Cilla Lok). Yiu originally was a worker at the Jiujiang brewery but due to a natural disaster, rewrote the lives of the Leung and Sung family.

Sung family’s daughter, Sung Chi-ching (Linda Chung), the third mistress Ting Kar-pik (Elena Kong) and eldest son Sung Chi-tsun (Ngo Ka-nin) were separated. The Sung family decided to adopt Yiu as their son and looked after the business. Hong thought Yiu became the Sung family's son for the sake of wealth.

Just when business for the Jiujiang wine brewery were going well, Sung family's long lost son returns and wants to claim back ownership of the business. This results in a major feud between the Leung and the Sungs.

Finally, when Yiu tied the marriage between Ching and Hong, he was ready to return ownership back to the Sungs. Sadly, Tsun's best friend Tsang Yuk-fong (Sire Ma)'s father Magistrate Tsang (Lau Kong) causes downfall to the family. The Sung family business is stolen, luckily Hong helps the family rebuild their business. The Sung and Leungs calm their feud.

Cast and characters

Main characters

Recurring characters

Awards and nominations

45th TVB Anniversary Awards 2011

Viewership ratings

The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership. "Viewers in millions" refers to the number of people, derived from TVB Jade ratings (including TVB HD Jade), in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.

# Week Episode(s) Avg. points (peak) Viewers in millions (peak) Ref.
1
29 August — 2 September 2011
1 — 5
25 (29)
1.59 ( — )
[4]
2
5 — 8 September 2011
6 — 9
27 (30)
1.72 ( — )
[5]
3
12 — 16 September 2011
10 — 14
27 ( 30 )
1.72 ( )
[6]
4
19 — 23 September 2011
15 — 19
26 ( 30 )
1.66 ( — )
[7]
5
26 — 29 September 2011
20 — 23
29 ( 33 )
1.84 ( 2.11 )
[8]
30 September 2011
24 — 25
(finale)
30 ( 34 )
1.91 (2.17)
[8]

International Broadcast

References

External links

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