Genre: | Period drama Action Science fantasy Adventure Mystery |
Creator: | Nelson Cheung Wong Kwok-fai |
Director: | Joe Chan Wong Kwok-fai Lee Kin-wo Ho Nam-chuen Hui Sui-ping |
Starring: | Gallen Lo Yoyo Mung Matt Yeung Mak Cheung-ching Michael Tong Tavia Yeung Power Chan Eddy Ko Roger Kwok Anne Heung |
Theme Music Composer: | Chan Tsung-hung |
Opentheme: | Mei Loi Dik Sau Mong Je (未來的守望者) performed by Gallen Lo |
Endtheme: | Yu Gwo Sai Kai Mat Yau Nei (如果世界沒有你) performed by Gallen Lo |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Language: | Cantonese |
Num Episodes: | 30 |
Executive Producer: | Nelson Cheung |
Location: | Hong Kong Shanghai, China |
Camera: | Multi camera |
Runtime: | 45 minutes (each) |
Company: | TVB |
Channel: | Jade |
The 'W' Files | |
T: | 衛斯理 |
S: | 卫斯理 |
L: | "Wisely" |
P: | Wèi Sī Lǐ |
J: | Wai6 Si1 Lei5 |
The 'W' Files (衛斯理) is a 2003 Hong Kong science fantasy-action-adventure-mystery television period drama serial based on Ni Kuang's novel series Wisely Series, starring Gallen Lo as Wisely. The series was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong from 2 June to 11 July 2003. The 30-episodes long series contains a total of eight different stories, set in China in the 1930s.
In the 1930s, Wisely returns to China from his overseas studies and runs a detective agency in Shanghai to investigate paranormal events. He meets a doctor named Pak So and she becomes his love interest, but they encounter several trials and tribulations to test their love before they finally get together. The series is divided into eight different stories, with Wisely and his team setting off to investigate and crack each mystery case. The stories are listed as follows:
Cast | Role | Description | |
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Boss of the detective agency | |||
Wong Hung-hung | Wisely's cousin | ||
Kwok Tsak-ching | Wisely's assistant | ||
Chan Cheung-ching | Wisely's assistant | ||
Choi May-sin | Wisely's secretary |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Boss Pak | Boss of the Green Gang | ||
Pak Kei-wai | Boss Pak's son; Pa-chu's husband | ||
Pak So | Boss Pak's daughter; Wisely's girlfriend | ||
Pa-chu | Pak Kei-wai's wife | ||
Aunt Ho | Pak family's servant |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Sung Kin | Sung Fuk's brother | ||
Chan Wing-chun | Sung Fuk | Sung Kin's brother | |
Yeung Ka-nok | To Chung | ||
Daniel Kwok | Ma Cheung | ||
Peter Pang | Shum Ming | ||
Chow Chung | |||
Lee Kai-kit | Ho Mou | ||
Lee Kong-lung | Ching Yee | ||
Leo Tsang | Hon Sam | ||
Lau Ah-kan |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Mrs. Wan | Medicine shop boss Wan Po-yu's mother | ||
Wan Po-yu | News journalist | ||
Lam Tai-yuk | Wan Po-yu's cousin | ||
Deaf Granny | Wan family's servant |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Keung Wai-tai | Shanghai Police Bureau Chief | ||
Jimmy Au | Tit-dan | Police Inspector; Wisely's former classmate | |
Wong Tong | Senior Policeman | ||
Kam Chi-ching | Policeman | ||
Adam Ip | Policeman | ||
Hoffman Cheng | Policeman |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Chun Wong | Old Choi | Wisely's housekeeper | |
Apple Ha | Sister Fan | Wisely's house servant | |
John Tang | Wu Suet | Doctor | |
Uncle Sam | Performer in restaurant | ||
Deno Cheung | Gobi | Inventor; Wisely's friend | |
David Do | Desert | Inventor; Wisely's friend | |
Ken Lok | Lei Yau-wai | Newspaper agency boss | |
Brian Wong | Ha Kwai-jo | Reporter | |
Wilson Tsui | Uncle Po | Pawn shop boss; Chan Cheung-ching's uncle | |
Ho Man-kit | Pau Siu-lung | Pawn shop worker | |
Lau Lai-ling's fan | Train station extra; appears in Ep. 11 |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Chun Cheng-hei | |||
Wong Man-piu | Yu Ting-man | ||
Cheng Fan-sang | Ka Number Two | ||
Luk Chun-kwong | Kwai Fu Bong | ||
Suen Kwai-hing | Factory supervisor |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Cheng Tin-luk | Deceased patriarch of Cheng family | ||
Mrs Cheng | Deceased wife of Cheng Tin-luk | ||
Timothy Cheng | Cheng Po-wan | Cheng Tin-luk's son | |
Eric Chung | Dr Fai Kak | ||
Wong Wai-tung | Ah-sing | ||
Ah-sing's girlfriend | |||
So Lai-ming | Cheng Po-wan's secretary | ||
Yau Piu | Cheng family's servant | ||
Ngai Wai-man | Cheng family's servant |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Kai Sei | |||
Lam Tsi-yun Lam Pak-chun | Lam Pak-chun is Lam Tsi-yun's son | ||
Raymond Tsang | Bin Ng | Kai Say's follower | |
Kwan Ching | Lam Yuk-sing | Lam family's ancestor | |
Janice Shum | Lam Tsi-yun's wife |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Roger Kwok (Guest star) | Yeung Lap-kwan | Architect | |
Anne Heung (Guest star) | Lau Lai-ling | Singer; introduced in Ep. 11 | |
Lau Yuk-tsui | Hung Yuk-tsing | Yeung Lap-kwan's wife | |
Chan Tik-hak | Wu Hip-sing | ||
Chu Kin-kwan | Siu Chin | Yeung Lap-kwan's previous incarnation | |
Wah Chung-nam | Wong Sing | Wu Hip-sing's previous incarnation | |
Tse Po-law | Leung Pak-tsung | Hung Yuk-tsing's previous incarnation | |
Kwok Tak-shun | Lam Kei-lung | ||
Chan Min-leung | Chin Yung | ||
Ling Lai-man | Uncle Chik | ||
Wong Tsi-wai | Yeung Lap-kwan's secretary | ||
Ting Chu-wai | Ah-say |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Kong Hon | King-ban | Tribal chief | |
Mok Ka-yiu | Mang-kor | ||
Reyan Yan | Pa-tsi | To Chung's girlfriend | |
Yat-ting | King-ban's son | ||
Fung Hiu-man | Aunt Kam-fa | Pa-chu's aunt |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Ka Yuk-tsan | |||
Yu Tze-ming | Lau Sing Lau Hoi | Lau Sing and Lau Hoi are brothers | |
Dickson Lee | San-kau Ya-tsat | Japanese general | |
Cheng On-tung | Fung Yuen-yee | To Chung's wife | |
Yu Tin-wai | Old immortal | ||
Ngan Kin-kwok | Young immortal |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Chai-wong | Voodoo master | ||
Wong Ching | Si-noi | Voodoo master; Chai-wong's apprentice brother | |
Yu Fa / Chuen-to Fa-tsi | San-kau Ya-tsat's follower | ||
Ho Chi-cheung | San-kau Ya-tsat's henchman | ||
Cheung Hon-ban | San-kau Ya-tsat's henchman |
Cast | Role | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Colonel Ching-lung | |||
Savio Tsang | Tsai-pak | Pak Kei-wai's friend | |
Yu Yeung | Brigade General Wong | Ching-lung's boss | |
Nelson | American secret agent | ||
Law Tin-chi | Nelson's follower | ||
Cheung Hak | Man in black | ||
Chuk Man-kwan | Lin-heung |