The Green Hope Explained

Native Name:新鮮人
Genre:Drama
Romance
Director:Wong Siu-kit
Wong Wai-sam
Cheng Wing-kei
Starring:Bowie Lam
Stephen Fung
Yoyo Mung
Joey Yung
Melissa Ng
Cathy Tsui
Theme Music Composer:Stephen Fung
Opentheme:The Green Hope (新鮮人) by Stephen Fung
Endtheme:Fishing the Needle (撈針) by Joey Yung
Composer:Eric Kwok
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Camera:Multi camera
Num Episodes:25
Producer:Tang kan-cheong
Location:Hong Kong
Runtime:45 minutes
Company:TVB
Channel:TVB Jade

The Green Hope is a 2000 Hong Kong television drama produced by TVB under producer Tsang Kan-cheong and starring Bowie Lam, Stephen Fung, Yoyo Mung, Joey Yung, Melissa Ng and Cathy Tsui.

Synopsis

In a cold Christmas in 1996, the workaholic Fong Kin-choi (Lau Dan) has been sick in bed. His dying wish is to find his youngest son Ka-him (Stephen Fung), who lived with his mother due to the divorce 12 years ago. After 12 years, Kin-choi's oldest son, Ka-fai (Bowie Lam), found out that his younger brother suffers from mental illness due to their mother, Wong Yuen-fan (Mary Hon) being drug abuser and forcing Ka-him to do illegal things since young age.

After his father died, Ka-fai took Ka-him in and helped him get back on his track as living as a normal person. Ka-fai notices his brother is a gifted musician, but his talent is hidden for years. With the help of Ka-fai, Ka-him's talent shows off and becomes a famous pianist, recognized by other people. It proves that although he's a minor mentally ill patient, he can still live a normal life and being successful just like others.

Throughout the show, Ka-him's struggle to success was littered with failures and discrimination by others due to his disability. Towards the end of the show, Ka-him's effort was eventually recognised. The show carries an inspiring underlying message that people with disabilities can succeed, and disability discrimination only contributes negatively to their struggle.

Cast

External links