The Last Healer in Forbidden City | |
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Also known as | The Last Imperial Physician |
末代御醫 | |
Genre | Historical drama, historical fiction |
Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
Written by | Wong Kwok-fai |
Starring | Roger Kwok Tavia Yeung Helena Law Pierre Ngo JJ Jia Jonathan Cheung Rebecca Zhu Jazz Lam |
Theme music composer | Alan Cheung |
Opening theme | Agony (靈魂的痛) by Hubert Wu |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Executive producer | Catherine Tsang |
Producer | Nelson Cheung |
Production locations | Hong Kong Panyu District, Guangzhou, China |
Editor | Wong Kwok-fai |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | TVB |
Original release | |
Network | Jade |
Release | March 28 April 22, 2016 | –
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Traditional Chinese | 末代御醫 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 末代御医 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "The Last Imperial Physician" | ||||||||||||||
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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]