The 'W' Files
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The 'W' Files is a 2003 Hong Kong
TVB
fantasy-adventure-mystery TV series based on Ni Kuang
's novel series Wisely
Series. It starred Gallen Lo
, Yoyo Mung
, Michael Tong
and Tavia Yeung
in the leading roles. The series was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong from 2 June to 11 July 2003. The 30-episodes long series contains a total of eight different stories, set in China in the 1930s.
returns to China
from his overseas studies and runs a detective agency in Shanghai
to investigate paranormal events. He meets a doctor named Pak So and she becomes his love interest, but they encounter several trials and tribulations to test their love before they finally get together. The series is divided into eight different stories, with Wisely and his team setting off to investigate and crack each mystery case. The stories are listed as follows:
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...
TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...
fantasy-adventure-mystery TV series based on Ni Kuang
Ni Kuang
Ni Kuang , also known as Ngai Hong, I Kuang or Yi Kuang, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese novelist and screenwriter, with more than 300 published wuxia and science fiction novels and more than 400 film scripts. He is the brother of another romance novelist, Yi Shu.-Life:Born Ni Chong , he grew up in...
's novel series Wisely
Wisely
Wisely series , sometimes transliterated "Wesley", is a series of novels about the fictional character of the same name, created by author Ni Kuang....
Series. It starred Gallen Lo
Gallen Lo
Gallen Lo Ka-leung is a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series. He is sometimes credited as King Gallen or Law Ka-leung.-Career:...
, Yoyo Mung
Yoyo Mung
Yoyo Mung is a Hong Kong actress working for Television Broadcasts Limited. She is best known for playing Leung Siu-yau in Forensic Heroes I and II.-Filmography:-Television:-External links:*...
, Michael Tong
Michael Tong
Michael Tong Man Lung is a Hong Kong actor.-TV series:*Return of the Cuckoo *In a Realm of Success...
and Tavia Yeung
Tavia Yeung
Tavia Yeung Yi is a Hong Kong actress under Hong Kong's Television Broadcast Limited or TVB. She has starred in numerous popular Hong Kong television series such as Vigilante Force, Twin of Brothers, Dicey Business, Heart of Greed, Moonlight Resonance and Beyond the Realm of Conscience.- Career...
in the leading roles. The series was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong from 2 June to 11 July 2003. The 30-episodes long series contains a total of eight different stories, set in China in the 1930s.
Plot
In the 1930s, WiselyWisely
Wisely series , sometimes transliterated "Wesley", is a series of novels about the fictional character of the same name, created by author Ni Kuang....
returns to China
History of the Republic of China
The History of the Republic of China begins after the Qing Dynasty in 1912, when the formation of the Republic of China put an end to over two thousand years of Imperial rule. The Qing Dynasty, also known as the Manchu Dynasty, ruled from 1644 to 1912...
from his overseas studies and runs a detective agency in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
to investigate paranormal events. He meets a doctor named Pak So and she becomes his love interest, but they encounter several trials and tribulations to test their love before they finally get together. The series is divided into eight different stories, with Wisely and his team setting off to investigate and crack each mystery case. The stories are listed as follows:
- Paper Monkey (紙猴)
- Deadly Body Change (屍變)
- Charcoal (木炭)
- Searching Dreams (尋夢)
- Bug Suspect (蠱惑)
- Supernatural Beings (神仙)
- Ghost Story (鬼混)
- Disturbing Graves (盜墓)
Detective agency
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Gallen Lo Gallen Lo Gallen Lo Ka-leung is a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series. He is sometimes credited as King Gallen or Law Ka-leung.-Career:... |
Wisely Wisely Wisely series , sometimes transliterated "Wesley", is a series of novels about the fictional character of the same name, created by author Ni Kuang.... |
Boss of the detective agency |
| Tavia Yeung Tavia Yeung Tavia Yeung Yi is a Hong Kong actress under Hong Kong's Television Broadcast Limited or TVB. She has starred in numerous popular Hong Kong television series such as Vigilante Force, Twin of Brothers, Dicey Business, Heart of Greed, Moonlight Resonance and Beyond the Realm of Conscience.- Career... |
Wong Hung-hung | Wisely's cousin |
| Evergreen Mak Evergreen Mak Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching , better known as Makbau , is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He is lauded and best-known for his villainous portrayal of the main antagonist, Leung Fei Fan , in No Regrets, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor award for.-Films:-Television dramas:-Awards:* 2010: TVB 43rd... |
Kwok Tsak-ching | Wisely's assistant |
| Power Chan Power Chan Power Chan or Chan Kwok-Pong is an actor in Hong Kong. He has appeared in numerous TVB drama series as well as films. He dated cantopop singer and actress Mimi Lo for 7 years before marrying her on December 2, 2009.-TV series:-Film:-References:... |
Chan Cheung-ching | Wisely's assistant |
| Fiona Yuen Fiona Yuen Fiona 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... |
Choi May-sin | Wisely's secretary |
Pak family
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Eddy Ko Eddy Ko Eddy Ko Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor who has worked on the TV stations RTV , TVB and ATV. His birthname is Ho Yiu Sum . He adopted the name Ko Hung as a stage name... |
Boss Pak | Boss of the Green Gang Green Gang The Green Gang was a Chinese criminal organization that operated in Shanghai in the early 20th century.-Origins:It was a secret society established originally by Fong Toh-tak of Shaolin Monastery to protect the Han Chinese who were oppressed by the Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty, and to restore... |
| Michael Tong Michael Tong Michael Tong Man Lung is a Hong Kong actor.-TV series:*Return of the Cuckoo *In a Realm of Success... |
Pak Kei-wai | Boss Pak's son; Pa-chu's husband |
| Yoyo Mung Yoyo Mung Yoyo Mung is a Hong Kong actress working for Television Broadcasts Limited. She is best known for playing Leung Siu-yau in Forensic Heroes I and II.-Filmography:-Television:-External links:*... |
Pak So | Boss Pak's daughter; Wisely's girlfriend |
| Halina Tam Halina Tam Halina Tam, also known as May is a model, singer and television actress. She is also best known for her role in Legend of the Demigods and The Gentle Crackdown with co-star Wayne Lai.Tam was the winner of the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1994... |
Pa-chu | Pak Kei-wai's wife |
| Suet Nei | Aunt Ho | Pak family's servant |
Green Gang
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Benz Hui Benz Hui Benz Hui Shiu-hung is a Hong Kong actor who currently works on the TV station TVB. He used to work on ATV before switching over to TVB.-Family background:... |
Sung Kin | Sung Fuk's brother |
| Chan Wing-chun | Sung Fuk | Sung Kin's brother |
| Yeung Ka-nok | To Chung | |
| Daniel kwok | Ma Cheung | |
| Peter Pang | Shum Ming | |
| Tsui Wing | Chow Chung | |
| Lee Kai-kit | Ho Mou | |
| Lee Kong-lung | Ching Yee | |
| Leo Tsang | Hon Sam | |
| Lee Hoi-sang | Lau Ah-kan |
Wan family
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Mat Yeung | Wan Po-yu | Medicine shop boss |
| Mimi Chu | Mrs Wan | Wan Po-yu's mother |
| Sharon Chan Sharon Chan Sharon Chan Man-Chi is a Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently under contract with TVB in Hong Kong.-TV series:-Film:-TVB Songs By Sharon Chan:*Song Name : Love Steps : At Home with Love... |
Lam Tai-yuk | Wan Po-yu's cousin |
| Yu Mou-lin | Deaf Granny | Wan family's servant |
Police
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Bowie Wu | Keung Wai-tai | Police chief |
| Jimmy Au | Tit-Dan | Police inspector; Wisely's former classmate |
| Pierre Ngo | Wong Tong | Policeman |
| Kam Chi-ching | Policeman | |
| Adam Ip | Policeman | |
| Hoffman Cheng | Policeman |
Others
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Chun Wong | Old Choi | Wisely's housekeeper |
| Apple Ha | Sister Fan | Wisely's house servant |
| John Tang | Wu Syut | Doctor |
| Joe Junior Joe Junior Joe Junior is a popular Hong Kong English pop singer from Hong Kong during the 1960s. He has since been in a number of TVB drama series in the 1990s and 2000s playing older character roles. Joe Junior is his stage name. Regularly appeared on TV music programs as host and as performer... |
Uncle Sam | Performer in restaurant |
| Deno Cheung | Kor Pik | Inventor; Wisely's friend |
| David Do | Sa Mok | Inventor; Wisely's friend |
| Ken Lok | Lei Yau-wai | Newspaper agency boss |
| Brian Wong | Ha Kwai-jo | Reporter |
| Wilson Tsui | Uncle Po | Pawn shop boss; Chan Cheung-ching's uncle |
| Ho Man-kit | Pau Siu-lung | Pawn shop worker |
Characters in Paper Monkey
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Lau Kong Lau Kong Lau Kong is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network TVB.-Biography:Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV Lau Kong (劉江) is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network... |
Chun Cheng-hei | |
| Wong Man-piu | Yu Ting-man | |
| Cheng Fan-sang | Ka Number Two | |
| Luk Chun-kwong | Kwai Fu Bong | |
| Suen Kwai-hing | Factory supervisor |
Characters in Deadly Body Change
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Ku Feng | Cheng Tin-luk | Deceased patriarch of Cheng family |
| Law Lan Law Lan Helena Law Lan is a Hong Kong actress. Law Lan is popularly cast as a type of mystic in many Hong Kong horror movies.-TV series:-Films:*The Kid *Story of the White-haired Demon Girl... |
Mrs Cheng | Deceased wife of Cheng Tin-luk |
| Chang Tse-sheng | Cheng Po-wan | Cheng Tin-luk's son |
| Eric Chung | Dr Fai Kak | |
| Wong Wai-tung | Ah-sing | |
| Catherine Chow | Ah-sing's girlfriend | |
| So Lai-ming | Cheng Po-wan's secretary | |
| Yau Piu | Cheng family's servant | |
| Ngai Wai-man | Cheng family's servant |
Characters in Charcoal
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Felix Lok | Kai Say | |
| Ellesmere Choi Ellesmere Choi Ellesmere Choi Chi Kin is a Hong Kong television actor for TVB. He attended TVB's training classes in 1993.-TV series:*In the Eye of the Beholder *His True Father... |
Lam Tsi-yun Lam Pak-chun |
Lam Pak-chun is Lam Tsi-yun's son |
| Raymond Tsang | Bin Ng | Kai Say's follower |
| Kwan Ching | Lam Yuk-sing | Lam family's ancestor |
| Janice Shum | Lam Tsi-yun's wife |
Characters in Searching Dreams
| Cast | Role | Description |
| 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... |
Yeung Lap-kwan | Architect |
| 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... |
Lau Lai-ling | Singer |
| Lau Yuk-tsui | Hung Yuk-tsing | Yeung Lap-kwan's wife |
| Chan Tik-hak | Wu Hip-sing | |
| Chu Kin-kwan | Siu Chin | Yeung Lap-kwan's previous incarnation |
| Wah Chung-nam | Wong Sing | Wu Hip-sing's previous incarnation |
| Tse Po-law | Leung Pak-tsung | Hung Yuk-tsing's previous incarnation |
| Kwok Tak-shun | Lam Kei-lung | |
| Chan Min-leung | Chin Yung | |
| Ling Lai-man | Uncle Chik | |
| Wong Tsi-wai | Yeung Lap-kwan's secretary | |
| Ting Chu-wai | Ah-say |
Characters in Bug Suspect
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Kong Hon | King-ban | Tribal chief |
| Mok Ka-yiu | Mang-kor | |
| Reyan Yan | Pa-tsi | To Chung's girlfriend |
| Lam King-kong | Yat-ting | King-ban's son |
| Fung Hiu-man | Aunt Kam-fa | Pa-chu's aunt |
Characters in Supernatural Beings
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Kwok Fung | Ka Yuk-tsan | |
| Yu Tze-ming | Lau Sing Lau Hoi |
Lau Sing and Lau Hoi are brothers |
| Lee Ka-sing | San-kau Ya-tsat | Japanese general |
| Cheng On-tung | Fung Yuen-yee | To Chung's wife |
| Yu Tin-wai | Old immortal | |
| Ngan Kin-kwok | Young immortal |
Characters in Ghost Story
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Liu Kai-chi | Chai-wong | Voodoo master |
| Wong Ching | Si-noi | Voodoo master; Chai-wong's apprentice brother |
| Eileen Yeow Eileen 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... |
Yu Fa / Chuen-to Fa-tsi | San-kau Ya-tsat's follower |
| Ho Chi-cheung | San-kau Ya-tsat's henchman | |
| Cheung Hon-ban | San-kau Ya-tsat's henchman |
Characters in Disturbing Graves
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Derek Kok Derek Kok Derek Kwok Jing-hung is a Hong Kong actor who has worked for TVB since 1986. He filmed over 60 dramas. He is specialised in action and Chinese Kung Fu performance.His career started when he entered the New Talent Singing Awards in 1985... |
Colonel Ching-lung | |
| Savio Tsang | Tsai-pak | Pak Kei-wai's friend |
| Yu Yeung | Commander Wong | Ching-lung's boss |
| Gregory Charles Rivers Gregory Charles Rivers Gregory Charles Rivers is a Hong Kong actor of Australian heritage.Growing up in Katoomba, he moved to Hong Kong in 1987 before finishing a medical degree at University of New South Wales. Speaking fluent Cantonese, he is currently a TVB actor... |
Nelson | American secret agent |
| Law Tin-chi | Nelson's follower | |
| Cheung Hak | Man in black | |
| Chuk Man-kwan | Lin-heung |