Kinship (TV series)

Kinship
手足
GenreLong Running Drama
Created byNg Kah Huay
Written byKwok Kar Peng
Dion Tang
He Xing Ying
Gladys Tan
Directed byBenny Wong
Creative directorLiu Jinan
StarringElvin Ng
Jesseca Liu
Ann Kok
Xiang Yun
Yao Wenlong
Chen Tianwen
Cynthia Koh
Sylvester Tan
Theme music composerBenny Wong
Opening theme逃离 by A-do
Ending theme换季 by Jin Sha
ComposerBenny Wong
Country of originSingapore
Original languagesEnglish
Mandarin
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes83 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerKelly Cheng
ProducerKelly Cheng
Production locationsDowntown, Singapore
CinematographyLiu Tianfu
Camera setupChun Tianfu
Running time45 minutes
Production companyMediaCorp TV
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp TV Channel 8
ReleaseInvalid date range
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Kinship (Simplified Chinese: 手足) is a Singaporean Chinese long running drama which was televised on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The drama was divided into two parts, which were broadcast every weekday evening from June 2007 to August 2007 for first part and December 2007 to February 2008 for the second part.

The drama series starred Elvin Ng, Jesseca Liu, Ann Kok, Xiang Yun, Yao Wenlong, Chen Tianwen, Cynthia Koh & Sylvester Tan. As such, producers have cited this drama as a highly anticipated drama, comparable to the likes of Holland V, Double Happiness and Portrait of Home. This drama is one of the longest running dramas with 83 episodes, being produced by MediaCorp in 2007. Despite being a highly anticipated drama, it received more criticism than any other locally produced Chinese-language drama and only half of the expected viewership.[citation needed]

Part 1 premiered on 19 June 2007 and ended on 17 August 2007. Part 2 premiered on 17 December 2007 and ended on 8 February 2008.