Detective Investigation Files IV
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Detective Investigation Files IV is the 4th installment in the Detective Investigation Files
TV franchise by TVB in Hong Kong
. It ran for 50 episodes on TVB Jade
from 1999-03-29 to 1999-06-04.
The series focuses on the lives of two detectives, Tsui Fei (Louis Koo
) and Kong Tze Shan (Sunny Chan
) and the murder cases they deal with.
) is a sergeant
sent to work with Senior Inspector Kong Tze Shan's (Sunny Chan
) homicide
team at the Hong Kong
Central Police Station
after misbehaviour in other police stations. His emotions are unstable as he has been bothered by the sudden disappearance of his girlfriend Leung Chin Chin (Anne Heung
) for three years. His attitude is unwelcome by the other officers at first, especially Hon Kwok Yan (Edmond So
), but they soon get along. Fei and Tze Shan eventually become best friends.
While investigating his first murder case after joining the team, Fei meets psychologist Quin Mo Chiu Kwan (Jessica Hsuan
) and the two fall in love unexpectedly. Because Fei still misses his ex-girlfriend a lot, the two frequently have quarrels.
Tze Shan has a beautiful girlfriend, Man Yuen Lan (Charmaine Sheh
), but Yuen Lan's best friend Tong Sum Yu (Lee San San) is also in love with him. Sum Yu tries hard to stop loving Tze Shan, until Yuen Lan's father Man Kwok Tai (Law Lok Lam) kills Leung Kim Hung (Kwok Fung) - Tze Shan's fellow officer and Chin Chin's brother - in order to frame an old enemy. Kwok Tai forces his daughter to assist his crime, but in the end they are both captured and sent to prison. Yuen Lan gives Tze Shan up because of this.
Without Yuen Lan in the way, Sum Yu and Tze Shan quickly develop a relationship and even decide to marry. Yuen Lan has already been released from prison. Yuen Lan asked if they can have a chance to go back to together.Tze Shan said he already hurt Yuen Lan, and Yuen Lan will always be something of him in his heart. He can't hurt another person. Tze Shan still chooses Sum Yu and Yuen Lan also accepts the truth. Meanwhile, Tze Shan's sister Kong Tze Ching (Maggie Siu
) re-encounters her long-lost twin sister Tze Yiu (also played by Siu), but Tze Yiu turns out to be a lunatic and is involved with a murder case. Tze Ching tries to hide her but she cannot stop her from attending Tze Shan's wedding
. Tze Yiu's emotions were stable at first but she suddenly has hallucinations of the man she murdered and tries to kill him with a knife. Unfortunately, her hallucinations appear right in front of Sum Yu and as a result, Sum Yu is stabbed to death. Tze Shan is devastated and tries to rekindle his relationship with Yuen Lan, but Yuen Lan has decided to leave for Yunnan
. Deep down, Tze Shan likes Yuen Lan more, but he felt bad of what his sister did.
Meanwhile, Chin Chin suddenly reappears, and Fei discovers that Chin Chin had been held captive by gangster Cheng Tung Shing (Roger Kwok
) for all these years. Tung Shing was friends with Fei when Fei was an undercover in the triads, but their friendship turned to hatred when Fei revealed his identity. Tung Shing managed to escape and swore revenge against Fei. He kidnapped Chin Chin for future use. Finally, Tung Shing is defeated and sent to jail. Fei reluctantly breaks up with Quin as he felt he had owed Chin Chin way too much.
The last seconds of the show's finale hint that Quin has developed a relationship with Tze Shan.
and Joey Leung
, had left TVB. Nevertheless, it still became one of the highest-rated series in the territory in 1999 when it was aired.
Koo and Hsuan received the Favorite Actor and Actress Awards for the series in TVB's 32nd Anniversary respectively. Emilia
's song Big Big World was featured in the show, and it became a great hit in Hong Kong during 1999 and 2000.
The VCD box set of Detective Investigation Files IV is now available for sale worldwide.
, which later resulted this scene from being cut in overseas versions.
The scene takes place in a bar, where Mo Chiu Kwan is sitting there watching a soccer game on TV. Tsui Fei walks in the bar, sees her and asks why she is here. She answers that there are more men here. Tsui then takes a call from possibly Chin Chin, while a man walks over to Kwan in the background. Tsui Fei looks over, not knowing who the guy is and smiles. The guy whispers something in Kwan's ear and they laugh. Suddenly, the guy's face is revealed and it's Kong Tze Shan! Tsui Fei's expression changes immediately. Many viewers were unsure if the expression was a sign of jealousy or just surprise.
were not satisfied with the ending of the series, when Tsui Fei left Mo Chiu Kwan for Leung Chin Chin, because he thought that he was responsible for the latter's suffering. TVB constantly receives requests to film the fifth in the series in which Tsui and Mo reunite, but so far there are no signs that it will happen.
The reason to this may be due to the loss of most of the original cast. Sunny Chan
left TVB shortly after filming the series, and Lee San San also stopped acting. Louis Koo
also turned to cinema and singing a few years later. Although Sunny Chan returned to TVB in 2004 (and even starred in a drama with Jessica Hsuan
), the Detective Investigation Files phenomenon had already faded by that time. Meanwhile, Jessica Hsuan and Charmaine Sheh
are still two of TVB's most popular actresses.
Detective Investigation Files
Detective Investigation Files is a TV series in Hong Kong about detectives, produced by TVB. The series had four installments, spanning from 1995 to 1999.-Cast:First two + third one starring:*Michael Tao Dai Yu...
TV franchise by TVB in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. It ran for 50 episodes on TVB Jade
TVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
from 1999-03-29 to 1999-06-04.
The series focuses on the lives of two detectives, Tsui Fei (Louis Koo
Louis Koo
Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...
) and Kong Tze Shan (Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...
) and the murder cases they deal with.
Leading Stars
- Louis KooLouis KooLouis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...
as Tsui Fei - Sunny ChanSunny ChanSunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...
as Kong Tze Shan - Jessica Hester Hsuan as Quin Mo Chiu Kwan
- Charmaine ShehCharmaine ShehCharmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong TVB actress.Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm...
as Man Yuen Lan - Lee San San as Tong Sum Yu
Recurring Stars
- Maggie Shiu as Kong Tze Ching
- Anne HeungAnne HeungAnne Heung Hoi Lam, born 2 October 1974, is a Hong Kong actress for TVB. In 2008, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.-Biography:Anne often stars in action, comedic and political TVB drama series...
as Leung Chin Chin - Edmond SoGrasshopper (band)Grasshopper is a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group formed in 1982. The band consists of Edmond So Chi Wai, Calvin Choy Yat Chi and Remus Choy Yat Kit. Calvin and Remus are brothers and grew up with neighbour Edmond in a poor neighbourhood in Hong Kong. It was Remus who was interested in dancing and...
as Hon Kwok Yan - Kwok Fung as Leung Kim Hung
- Eileen YeowEileen Yeow-Career:Eileen won the title of Miss Singapore Universe in 1991. After that, she went on to represent Singapore in the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas during the same year. Her best friend, Miss Hong Kong Anita Yuen then encouraged her to expand her acting career in Hong Kong. She then went to...
- Rebecca ChanRebecca ChanRebecca Chan Sau Chu is a TVB actress. She joined TVB in 1979, when she competed at the Miss Hong Kong 1979 pageant. She finished as a top 10 semifinalist.-Filmography:-Variety show :*1981: Sports World TVB...
- Tai Chi Wai
- Lok Ying KwanLok Ying KwanFelix Lok Ying-kwan is a Hong Kong actor. His television appearances include roles in Looking Back in Anger, The Drive of Life and The Academy.-TV series:-Films:*Heroes of the Underground *The Happenings...
- Mok Ka Yiu
- Suet Nei
- Tang Yat Kwan
- Lee Sing Cheong
- Wai Ka Hung
Notable Guest Stars
- Cheung Siu Fai
- Cho Chung
- Fiona YuenFiona YuenFiona Yuen was born in 20 January 1976 in Cologne, Germany.She went to Hong Kong and took part in the 1996 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, where she was second runner-up and won the Miss International Goodwill award. She can speak German, French, English and Cantonese fluently...
- Florence KwokFlorence KwokFlorence Kwok Siu-Wan, born 25 August 1970 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong film and voice actress. She entered TVB after participating in Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1992....
- Timmy HungTimmy HungTimmy Hung Tin Ming is a Hong Kong actor and the eldest son of martial arts superstar Sammo Hung. He is half Korean, his mother is Sammo Hung's first wife.-Film:-Television series:-External links:* at the Hong Kong Movie Database*...
- Kwong Man Shun
- Joe Ma
- Joyce Tang
- Marco NgaiMarco NgaiMarco Ngai Chun Kit is a successful actor in Hong Kong and has been in many TV series such as Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain 1997 , To Catch the Uncatchable and one of the favourites, Armed Reaction 1,2,3,4 .He is married to Zhang...
- Melissa NgMelissa NgMelissa Ng Mei Hang is a semi-retired TV actress in Hong Kong. She has been a TVB actress since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family...
- Michael TseMichael TseMichael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu...
- Roger KwokRoger KwokRoger Kwok Chun-on is Hong Kong television actor who works on the TV station TVB. Kwok was born in Hong Kong and his native family roots are in Zhongshan, Guangdong...
Story
Tsui Fei (Louis KooLouis Koo
Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...
) is a sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
sent to work with Senior Inspector Kong Tze Shan's (Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...
) homicide
Homicide
Homicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...
team at the Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
Central Police Station
Central Police Station
Central Police Station is a former police station, located at the eastern end of Hollywood Road, in Central, Hong Kong. It is awaiting development following its decommissioning.-History:...
after misbehaviour in other police stations. His emotions are unstable as he has been bothered by the sudden disappearance of his girlfriend Leung Chin Chin (Anne Heung
Anne Heung
Anne Heung Hoi Lam, born 2 October 1974, is a Hong Kong actress for TVB. In 2008, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.-Biography:Anne often stars in action, comedic and political TVB drama series...
) for three years. His attitude is unwelcome by the other officers at first, especially Hon Kwok Yan (Edmond So
Grasshopper (band)
Grasshopper is a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group formed in 1982. The band consists of Edmond So Chi Wai, Calvin Choy Yat Chi and Remus Choy Yat Kit. Calvin and Remus are brothers and grew up with neighbour Edmond in a poor neighbourhood in Hong Kong. It was Remus who was interested in dancing and...
), but they soon get along. Fei and Tze Shan eventually become best friends.
While investigating his first murder case after joining the team, Fei meets psychologist Quin Mo Chiu Kwan (Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hester Hsuan, or Suen Huen is a Hong Kong actress. Jessica holds a degree from Imperial College London.She is currently one of the most popular television actresses of Hong Kong. She started her career in late 1992 and early 1993...
) and the two fall in love unexpectedly. Because Fei still misses his ex-girlfriend a lot, the two frequently have quarrels.
Tze Shan has a beautiful girlfriend, Man Yuen Lan (Charmaine Sheh
Charmaine Sheh
Charmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong TVB actress.Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm...
), but Yuen Lan's best friend Tong Sum Yu (Lee San San) is also in love with him. Sum Yu tries hard to stop loving Tze Shan, until Yuen Lan's father Man Kwok Tai (Law Lok Lam) kills Leung Kim Hung (Kwok Fung) - Tze Shan's fellow officer and Chin Chin's brother - in order to frame an old enemy. Kwok Tai forces his daughter to assist his crime, but in the end they are both captured and sent to prison. Yuen Lan gives Tze Shan up because of this.
Without Yuen Lan in the way, Sum Yu and Tze Shan quickly develop a relationship and even decide to marry. Yuen Lan has already been released from prison. Yuen Lan asked if they can have a chance to go back to together.Tze Shan said he already hurt Yuen Lan, and Yuen Lan will always be something of him in his heart. He can't hurt another person. Tze Shan still chooses Sum Yu and Yuen Lan also accepts the truth. Meanwhile, Tze Shan's sister Kong Tze Ching (Maggie Siu
Maggie Siu
Maggie Shiu Mei-kei , sometimes credited as Maggie Shaw, is a prominent Hong Kong actress.-Career:Her career began in 1985 when she joined Hong Kong TVB. As her career developed, she took on variety of roles in TV series and movies...
) re-encounters her long-lost twin sister Tze Yiu (also played by Siu), but Tze Yiu turns out to be a lunatic and is involved with a murder case. Tze Ching tries to hide her but she cannot stop her from attending Tze Shan's wedding
Wedding
A wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage or a similar institution. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes...
. Tze Yiu's emotions were stable at first but she suddenly has hallucinations of the man she murdered and tries to kill him with a knife. Unfortunately, her hallucinations appear right in front of Sum Yu and as a result, Sum Yu is stabbed to death. Tze Shan is devastated and tries to rekindle his relationship with Yuen Lan, but Yuen Lan has decided to leave for Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
. Deep down, Tze Shan likes Yuen Lan more, but he felt bad of what his sister did.
Meanwhile, Chin Chin suddenly reappears, and Fei discovers that Chin Chin had been held captive by gangster Cheng Tung Shing (Roger Kwok
Roger Kwok
Roger Kwok Chun-on is Hong Kong television actor who works on the TV station TVB. Kwok was born in Hong Kong and his native family roots are in Zhongshan, Guangdong...
) for all these years. Tung Shing was friends with Fei when Fei was an undercover in the triads, but their friendship turned to hatred when Fei revealed his identity. Tung Shing managed to escape and swore revenge against Fei. He kidnapped Chin Chin for future use. Finally, Tung Shing is defeated and sent to jail. Fei reluctantly breaks up with Quin as he felt he had owed Chin Chin way too much.
The last seconds of the show's finale hint that Quin has developed a relationship with Tze Shan.
Legacy
Detective Investigation Files IV was shot with a whole new cast since the main stars of the original three installments, Michael TaoMichael Tao
-Career:Tao entered the acting industry in the 80s, affiliating with TVB. It was during this period that Tao earned the name "Housewife Killer" due to his overwhelming popularity amongst housewives , solidifying his position as a 1st tier television actor in TVB.Tao later moved over to rival ATV in...
and Joey Leung
Joey Leung
-Career:He has starred in movies such as Girl Boxer , Master of Martial Arts and Kung Fu King . He hosted the show Minutes to Fame with Hacken Lee....
, had left TVB. Nevertheless, it still became one of the highest-rated series in the territory in 1999 when it was aired.
Koo and Hsuan received the Favorite Actor and Actress Awards for the series in TVB's 32nd Anniversary respectively. Emilia
Emilia Rydberg
Emilia Rydberg is a Swedish pop music and soul singer, mostly known for her hit, "Big Big World". Emilia was discovered in 1996 by Lars Anderson, son of ABBA's manager, Stig Anderson....
's song Big Big World was featured in the show, and it became a great hit in Hong Kong during 1999 and 2000.
The VCD box set of Detective Investigation Files IV is now available for sale worldwide.
The ending scene
This had caused an uproar in Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, which later resulted this scene from being cut in overseas versions.
The scene takes place in a bar, where Mo Chiu Kwan is sitting there watching a soccer game on TV. Tsui Fei walks in the bar, sees her and asks why she is here. She answers that there are more men here. Tsui then takes a call from possibly Chin Chin, while a man walks over to Kwan in the background. Tsui Fei looks over, not knowing who the guy is and smiles. The guy whispers something in Kwan's ear and they laugh. Suddenly, the guy's face is revealed and it's Kong Tze Shan! Tsui Fei's expression changes immediately. Many viewers were unsure if the expression was a sign of jealousy or just surprise.
Detective Investigation Files V?
Many people in Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
were not satisfied with the ending of the series, when Tsui Fei left Mo Chiu Kwan for Leung Chin Chin, because he thought that he was responsible for the latter's suffering. TVB constantly receives requests to film the fifth in the series in which Tsui and Mo reunite, but so far there are no signs that it will happen.
The reason to this may be due to the loss of most of the original cast. Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...
left TVB shortly after filming the series, and Lee San San also stopped acting. Louis Koo
Louis Koo
Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...
also turned to cinema and singing a few years later. Although Sunny Chan returned to TVB in 2004 (and even starred in a drama with Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hester Hsuan, or Suen Huen is a Hong Kong actress. Jessica holds a degree from Imperial College London.She is currently one of the most popular television actresses of Hong Kong. She started her career in late 1992 and early 1993...
), the Detective Investigation Files phenomenon had already faded by that time. Meanwhile, Jessica Hsuan and Charmaine Sheh
Charmaine Sheh
Charmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong TVB actress.Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm...
are still two of TVB's most popular actresses.