| 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.
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.
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]
TVB Anniversary Awards (2000)