Men in Pain | |
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男人之苦 | |
Genre | Modern Drama |
Starring | Damian Lau Ron Ng Louisa So Toby Leung |
Ending theme | "金剛" by Ron Ng |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 21 |
Production | |
Running time | 45 minutes (approx.) |
Original release | |
Network | TVB |
Release | June 13 – July 9, 2006 |
Related | |
La Femme Desperado (2006) |
Men in Pain (Traditional Chinese: 男人之苦) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in June 2006.
Synopsis
Hong Tin-Yam (Damian Lau) is happily married to his second wife Wong Dak-Kiu (Louisa So), but one day he discovers that he cannot perform in the bedroom. He asked a female friend, Au Yeung Lei-Lei (Akina Hong), to help him out and confirmed that he was in fact impotent. Tin-Yam did not want his wife to find out about his problem causes Dak-Kiu to think that he is cheating on her, and leading to their divorce.
On the other hand, Tin-Yam's son, Hong Sai-Hei (Ron Ng) spends a night with Dak-Kiu's student, Ko Fun (Toby Leung) during an excursion. Ko Fun discovers that she is pregnant and seeks Sai-Hei's help. Both their parents are furious but eventually the two young couples get married. Ko Fun is stressed with handling the baby and her school courseload, while Sai-Hei is worried that he cannot afford to put food on the table.
How will these two men overcome their pain of manhood...?
Cast
Cast | Role | Description |
Damian Lau | Hong Tin-Yam 康天任 | Wong Dak-Kiu's husband. Hong Sai-Hei's father. |
Louisa So | Wong Dak-Kiu 黃德蕎 | Teacher Hong Tin-Yam's second wife. Hong Sai-Hei's stepmother. |
Ron Ng | Hong Sai-Hei 康世熙 | Hong Tin-Yam's son. Ko Fun's husband. |
Toby Leung | Ko Fun 高芬 | Hong Sai-Hei's wife. |
Wu Fung | Wong Kai-Cheung 黃啟昌 | Wong Dak-Kiu, Wong Dak-Lan, and Wong Dak-Wai's father. |
Rebecca Chan | Wong Dak-Lan 黃德蘭 | Wong Dak-Kiu and Wong Dak-Wai's older sister. |
Lee Shing-Cheung | Li Chun-Chi 李振馳 | Wong Dak-Lan's husband. |
Florence Kwok | Wong Dak-Wai 黃德蕙 | Wong Dak-Kiu and Wong Dak-Lan's younger sister. |
Law Lok Lam (羅樂林) | Ko Wai 高威 | Ko Fun's father. |
Rocky Cheng (鄭健樂) | Shek Hak-Lung (Rocky) 石克龍 | Ko Fun's uncle. |
Patrick Dunn | Yeung Jin-Cheung 楊展翔 | Wong Dak-Kiu's colleague. |
Akina Hong (康華) | Au Yeung Lei-Lei 歐陽莉莉 | Hong Tin-Yam's friend. |
Viewership ratings
Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points | References | |
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1 |
June 13–16, 2006 | 1 — 4 | 28 |
29 |
[1] |
2 |
June 19–23, 2006 | 5 — 9 | 30 |
34 |
[2] |
3 |
June 26–30, 2006 | 10 — 14 | 32 |
36 |
[3] |
4 |
July 3–7, 2006 | 15 — 19 | 32 |
36 |
[4] |
4 |
July 9, 2006 | 20 — 21 | 38 |
39 |
[4] |
References
External links
- TVB.com Men in Pain - Official Website (in Chinese)