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A Bride for a Ride is a 2009 TVB television comedy-drama from Hong Kong based on the traditional Pingtan story of the same name. Set during the prosperous Ming Dynasty of China, the drama revolves around the rich and influential Wong family and their comedic ties with Chow Man-ban, a young and handsome scholar who has a specialty in cross-dressing. To prove his worth to Wong Sau-ying, his ideal lover, he cross dresses as a beauty in a lantern festival so he can get closer to her. Sau-ying's older brother, Tiger Wong, sees Man-ban's beauty and kidnaps him home. The drama is a parody of Cantonese opera.
Foolhardy TIGER WONG (Chin Kar Lok) is annoyed with his mother LAU BING TAI (Gigi Wong) for consistently pressuring him to get married. He therefore snatches CHOW MAN BUN (Sammul Chan) who is in female disguise to be his bride and arranges for BUN to stay at his younger sister WONG SAU YING (Nancy Wu)’s chamber for the night. After this, TIGER has no choice but to marry YING to BUN while setting up strict rules to torture BUN in the house. Clever BUN makes use of the chivalrous woman MO SAM LEUNG ( Louisa So) to control TIGER and misleads LEUNG that TIGER is her long lost rescuer. Using tricks to upset TIGER, he makes TIGER marry LEUNG. Since then, LEUNG tries every means to domesticate her husband and that almost drives him insane. BUN is relieved to escape from TIGER’s manipulation but he carelessly causes lots of troubles elsewhere. "A Bride for A Ride" brings you a modern perspective of this traditional tale and you’ll surely be surprised with its astonishing approach.
Cast Wong Family
Chin Ka Lok as Wong Lo Fu 王老虎
Louisa So as Mou Saam Noeng 武三娘
Gigi Wong as Wong Lau Bing Tai 王劉並蒂
Nancy Wu as Wong Sau Ying 王秀英
Mimi Chu as Sheung Ping 常萍
Catherine Chau as So Kam 素琴
Chow Family
Sammul Chan as Chow Man Bun 周文賓
Lee Kwok Lun as Chuk Chi San 祝枝山
Rain Lau as Wong Kwai Fei 王桂菲
Macy Chan as Sze Mung Lo 施夢露
Others
Cheung Kwok Keung as Lau Gun 劉瑾
Bak Yan as Mau Hap Sun Nei 貌俠神尼
Chun Wong as Fai Mut 費密
Nicky Law as Ching Dut Wong 正德皇
Natalie Wong as Lee Fung 李鳳
Max Ho as Ho Hup 好合
Award nominations TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)
Best Drama
Best Actor (Chin Kar Lok)
My Favourite Male Character (Chin Kar Lok)
- Title: 王老虎搶親
- Cantonese/Mandarin title: Wong Lo Fu Cheung Chun / Huang Lau Hu Chiang Chin
- English title: A Bride for a Ride
- Genre: Comedy, romance
- Episodes: 21
- Broadcast network: TVB
- Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-13 to 2009-Aug-09
- Air time: Monday to Friday 20:30 - 21:30
- Theme song: Legalized Bride Theft (合法搶親) by Chin Ka Lok, Sammul Chan, and Cho Lam Wong
A Bride for a Ride is a 2009 TVB television comedy-drama from Hong Kong based on the traditional Pingtan story of the same name. Set during the prosperous Ming Dynasty of China, the drama revolves around the rich and influential Wong family and their comedic ties with Chow Man-ban, a young and handsome scholar who has a specialty in cross-dressing. To prove his worth to Wong Sau-ying, his ideal lover, he cross dresses as a beauty in a lantern festival so he can get closer to her. Sau-ying's older brother, Tiger Wong, sees Man-ban's beauty and kidnaps him home. The drama is a parody of Cantonese opera.
Foolhardy TIGER WONG (Chin Kar Lok) is annoyed with his mother LAU BING TAI (Gigi Wong) for consistently pressuring him to get married. He therefore snatches CHOW MAN BUN (Sammul Chan) who is in female disguise to be his bride and arranges for BUN to stay at his younger sister WONG SAU YING (Nancy Wu)’s chamber for the night. After this, TIGER has no choice but to marry YING to BUN while setting up strict rules to torture BUN in the house. Clever BUN makes use of the chivalrous woman MO SAM LEUNG ( Louisa So) to control TIGER and misleads LEUNG that TIGER is her long lost rescuer. Using tricks to upset TIGER, he makes TIGER marry LEUNG. Since then, LEUNG tries every means to domesticate her husband and that almost drives him insane. BUN is relieved to escape from TIGER’s manipulation but he carelessly causes lots of troubles elsewhere. "A Bride for A Ride" brings you a modern perspective of this traditional tale and you’ll surely be surprised with its astonishing approach.
Cast Wong Family
Chin Ka Lok as Wong Lo Fu 王老虎
Louisa So as Mou Saam Noeng 武三娘
Gigi Wong as Wong Lau Bing Tai 王劉並蒂
Nancy Wu as Wong Sau Ying 王秀英
Mimi Chu as Sheung Ping 常萍
Catherine Chau as So Kam 素琴
Chow Family
Sammul Chan as Chow Man Bun 周文賓
Lee Kwok Lun as Chuk Chi San 祝枝山
Rain Lau as Wong Kwai Fei 王桂菲
Macy Chan as Sze Mung Lo 施夢露
Others
Cheung Kwok Keung as Lau Gun 劉瑾
Bak Yan as Mau Hap Sun Nei 貌俠神尼
Chun Wong as Fai Mut 費密
Nicky Law as Ching Dut Wong 正德皇
Natalie Wong as Lee Fung 李鳳
Max Ho as Ho Hup 好合
Award nominations TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)
Best Drama
Best Actor (Chin Kar Lok)
My Favourite Male Character (Chin Kar Lok)
