The Last Healer in Forbidden City

The Last Healer in Forbidden City
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Also known asThe Last Imperial Physician
末代御醫
GenreHistorical drama, historical fiction
Created byHong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written byWong Kwok-fai
StarringRoger Kwok
Tavia Yeung
Helena Law
Pierre Ngo
JJ Jia
Jonathan Cheung
Rebecca Zhu
Jazz Lam
Theme music composerAlan Cheung
Opening themeAgony (靈魂的痛) by Hubert Wu
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerCatherine Tsang
ProducerNelson Cheung
Production locationsHong Kong
Panyu District, Guangzhou, China
EditorWong Kwok-fai
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkJade
ReleaseMarch 28 (2016-03-28) –
April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)
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The Last Healer in Forbidden City
Traditional Chinese末代御醫
Simplified Chinese末代御医
Literal meaning"The Last Imperial Physician"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMòdài Yùyī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationMuhtdoih Yuhyī
JyutpingMut6doi6 Jyu6ji1
IPA[mùːt̚.tɔ̀ːy jỳː.jíː]

The Last Healer in Forbidden City (Chinese: 末代御醫; Cantonese Yale: Muhtdoih Yuhyī; literally "The Last Imperial Physician") is a 2016 Hong Kong historical fiction television drama produced by TVB, starring Roger Kwok and Tavia Yeung as the main leads, produced by Nelson Cheung.[1] It premiered on March 28, 2016, airing every Monday to Friday on Hong Kong's TVB Jade, Malaysia's Astro on Demand and Australia's TVBJ channels during its 8:30–9:30 pm timeslot, concluding April 22, 2016 with a total of 20 episodes.[2]

The Last Healer in Forbidden City is a fictional telling told through the account of a physician of Emperor Guangxu played by Roger Kwok about the Emperor's mysterious death at the age of 37. It has long been rumored that the Guangxu Emperor was actually poisoned to death. In 2008, forensic tests done on the Guangxu Emperor remains revealed that high levels of arsenic was found in his remains. The arsenic levels were 2,000 times higher than normal.[3]

  1. ^ [1] Roger Kwok and Tavia Yeung on Filming TVB's "The Last Healer in Forbidden City"
  2. ^ [2] TVB新劇《末代御醫》劇情介紹(1﹣20集大結局)ihktv.com. (in Chinese) Retrieved February 26, 2016
  3. ^ [3] Chinese emperor was poisoned with arsenic. Retrieved February 26, 2016