Samsui Women (TV series)
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Samsui Women is a 24-episode historical drama produced by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
(now MediaCorp
) in 1986. Starring Zeng Huifen
, Huang Wenyong
, Hong Huifang
and Li Yinzhu
. It details the travails of the Samsui women
, who came from Sanshui, China to Singapore
in search of work in the construction industry, and whose hard work have helped shape Singapore for years. It is considered one of the greatest Singaporean Dramas produced and catapulted veteran actress Zeng Huifen
to stardom with her role as the hardworking and kind Ah Gui.
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation was a partially privatised mass market media conglomeration, which dominated the entire television and most of the radio broadcasting industry in Singapore during its existence...
(now MediaCorp
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
) in 1986. Starring Zeng Huifen
Zeng Huifen
Zeng Huifen is a former Singaporean Chinese actress . She is best known for her starring roles in numerous Singaporean Dramas from the 1980s to the 1990s....
, Huang Wenyong
Huang Wenyong
Huang Wenyong is a Malaysia-born Chinese Singaporean actor who has appeared in many Chinese drama Series, and is best known by his own generation for his appearance in The Awakening and The Seletar Robbery...
, Hong Huifang
Hong Huifang
Hong Huifang is a veteran Singaporean actress. She was known for her roles in dramas such as Samsui Women and she won Best Supporting Actress award in the annual Star Awards ceremony twice - in 1997 and 2006 .She married fellow actor Zheng Geping in 1993 and they have two...
and Li Yinzhu
Li Yinzhu
Li Yin Zhu is a Singaporean veteran Chinese actress, appearing in MediaCorp drama serials. She has been in the entertainment industry since Year 1969 and has filmed more than 150 drama serials to date....
. It details the travails of the Samsui women
Samsui women
The term Samsui women broadly refers to a group of Chinese immigrants who came to Singapore between the 1920s and the 1940s in search of construction and industrial jobs...
, who came from Sanshui, China to Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
in search of work in the construction industry, and whose hard work have helped shape Singapore for years. It is considered one of the greatest Singaporean Dramas produced and catapulted veteran actress Zeng Huifen
Zeng Huifen
Zeng Huifen is a former Singaporean Chinese actress . She is best known for her starring roles in numerous Singaporean Dramas from the 1980s to the 1990s....
to stardom with her role as the hardworking and kind Ah Gui.
Cast
- Zeng HuifenZeng HuifenZeng Huifen is a former Singaporean Chinese actress . She is best known for her starring roles in numerous Singaporean Dramas from the 1980s to the 1990s....
as Dai Ah Gui - Hong HuifangHong HuifangHong Huifang is a veteran Singaporean actress. She was known for her roles in dramas such as Samsui Women and she won Best Supporting Actress award in the annual Star Awards ceremony twice - in 1997 and 2006 .She married fellow actor Zheng Geping in 1993 and they have two...
as Dai Ah Xiu - Huang WenyongHuang WenyongHuang Wenyong is a Malaysia-born Chinese Singaporean actor who has appeared in many Chinese drama Series, and is best known by his own generation for his appearance in The Awakening and The Seletar Robbery...
as Su Ah Zhi - Li WenhaiLi WenhaiLi Wenhai is a Chinese historian and was the President of Renmin University of China.-Biography:Li Wenhai was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. He received his graduate degree from Renmin University in 1955. He was the President of the University from 1994 to 2000....
as Ah Long - Li YinzhuLi YinzhuLi Yin Zhu is a Singaporean veteran Chinese actress, appearing in MediaCorp drama serials. She has been in the entertainment industry since Year 1969 and has filmed more than 150 drama serials to date....
as Ying Jie - Liao Lili as Ah Jin
- Li Peijiao as Ah Yin
- Steven Woon as Ah Zhi's Grandfather
- Yang LinaYang LinaYang Lina , also known as Lina Yang, was a Singaporean actress whose credits included dramas, included Samsui Women. She was often cast as conniving, plotting characters....
as Ah Jiao - Lin Ting as Zhuang Haolin
- Li Yongci as Zhuang Quan
- Chen Meng as Mrs Zhuang
- Zeng Yaofeng as Cheng Er Niu
- Tang Hu as Yi Ding Zhi