Return of the Cuckoo explained

Native Name:十月初五的月光
Genre:Modern drama
Creator:Chan Bo-Wah
Chan Bo-Yin
Man Kin-Fai
Ko Wai-Man
Starring:Julian Cheung
Charmaine Sheh
Nancy Sit
Steven Ma
Michael Tong
Theme Music Composer:Cho Kyu-man
Opentheme:"Wishing Kwan Well" by Julian Cheung
Endtheme:"Cannot Forget" by Steven Ma
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Num Episodes:20
Producer:Tsui Yu-On
Location:Macau
Hong Kong
Runtime:approx. 45 minutes (each)
Network:TVB

Return of the Cuckoo (Traditional Chinese: 十月初五的月光, literally "The Moonlight at the 5th of October [Street]", also known as 澳門街, literally "The Streets of Macao") is a 20-episode TVB drama broadcast between July 2000 and August 2000. It was originally produced to be a sitcom, however later edits made the production into a regular drama.

Synopsis

As a child, Man Cho (Julian Cheung) was rendered mute as a result of the cruel actions of his mother and was adopted by the kind-hearted Ah Kiu (Nancy Sit). Man Cho grew up with Ah Kiu's daughter Kwan-Ho (Charmaine Sheh), and the two eventually develop romantic feelings for one another. Man Cho is extremely self-sacrificing, has an inferiority complex due to his disability, and therefore feels unworthy for Kwan-Ho. Ah Kiu is also against their relationship and things are further complicated when Szto Lai-Sun (Steven Ma) enters the picture after falling for Kwan-Ho too.

Cast

Sequel & Remake

The sequel film Return of the Cuckoo was released in the fall of 2015. It is a continuation of the story where the drama left off.

A remake under the same title in Chinese, but titled A Love of No Words in English, was released in November 2021 on TVB starring Regina Ho and Hubert Wu.[1] However, it immediately received criticism from audiences despite only several episodes having aired.[2]

Awards and achievements

TVB Anniversary Awards (2000)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 黃梓恒. 2021-11-22. 十月初五的月光|翻拍唔一定係破壞經典 但真係一場賭博. 2021-11-25. 香港01. zh-HK.
  2. Web site: 十月初五的月光|首播劇情悶又老土 網民:睇緊粵語長片咁. 2021-11-25. hk.news.yahoo.com. 23 November 2021 . zh-Hant-HK.