Rogue Emperor | |
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Also known as | The Misadventure of Zoo 2015 |
流氓皇帝 | |
Genre | Pre-modern Drama, Comedy, Romance |
Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
Written by | Cheng Chung Tai, Cheung Suet Guk, Au Yin Yuan, Wong Sau Ching, Wan Kam Fung |
Directed by | Lam Chi Yan, Chin Wing- Chi |
Starring | Kenneth Ma Niki Chow Mandy Wong Benjamin Yuen Koo Ming Wah Brian Tse |
Theme music composer | Damon Chui |
Opening theme | Wander (四方) by Hoffman Cheng |
Ending theme | Love from Heart (心暖) by Kenneth Ma & Niki Chow |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 17(Hong Kong) 20 (Overseas) |
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Executive producer | Catherine Tsang |
Producer | Poon Ka Tak |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Editor | Chan Kam Ling |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | TVB |
Original release | |
Network | TVB Jade |
Release | 12 December 2016 1 January 2017 | –
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Chinese | 流氓皇帝 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Làuhmàhn Wòhngdai | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Rogue Emperor" | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rogue Emperor (Chinese: 流氓皇帝; literally "Rogue Emperor") is a 2016 Hong Kong pre-modern romantic-comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Kenneth Ma, Niki Chow, Mandy Wong, Benjamin Yuen, Koo Ming Wah and Brian Tse as the main cast.[1] Filming took place from April till June 2014. The drama was originally scheduled to broadcast after "Master of Destiny" on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and HD Jade channels on August 3, 2015, every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 20 episodes.[2] On July 8, 2015, the drama was shelved again with no scheduled date of when it will be broadcast.[3] In November 2016, it was announced that the drama will finally have an air date of 12 December 2016, with the number of episodes decreasing to 17.
Rogue Emperor is a remake of TVB's 1981 drama The Misadventure of Zoo, which starred Adam Cheng and Louise Lee as the leads.[4]