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Lady Sour

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Lady Sour
Official poster
Also known asVinegar Lady
Vinegar Wife
醋娘子
GenrePeriod drama, Comedy, Romance
Created byHong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written byTong Gin Ping, Wong Ching Man, Choi Wai Ho, Ngai Hong Yee, Ng Chi Keung
Directed byKoon Gwok Wai, Chin Wing Chi, Lam Chi Yan, Law Chun Wai
StarringMyolie Wu
Ron Ng
Him Law
Eliza Sam
Jade Leung
Opening themeWhen You Came Into My Life? 是你嗎? by Ron Ng & Myolie Wu
ComposerAlan Cheung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerCatherine Tsang
ProducerPoon Ka Tak 潘嘉德
Production locationHong Kong
EditorGu Wai Nam 賈偉南
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkJade
HD Jade
Release1 December (2014-12-01) –
28 December 2014 (2014-12-28)
Lady Sour
Chinese醋娘子
Literal meaning"Vinegar Wife"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyincù niáng zǐ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingcou3 noeng4 zi2

Lady Sour (Chinese: 醋娘子; Jyutping: cou3 noeng4 zi2; literally 'Vinegar Wife') is a 2014 Hong Kong costume drama, comedy, romance produced and developed by Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited, starring Myolie Wu, Ron Ng, Him Law, Eliza Sam, and Jade Leung as the main cast. Filming took place from November 2013 to January 2014. The drama was broadcast on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and HD Jade channels between December 1 and December 28, 2014 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm time slot with a total of 20 episodes.[1]

Plot

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Cho Tsing and her mother Cho Cho Bi Yue are itinerant beauticians wandering the country in search of Cho Tsing's missing father. In the course of their wanderings, Cho Tsing falls in love with Tsin Tung and the two become husband and wife.

San Cha has been Tsin Tung's personal maid since childhood, and the two have an understanding that ignites Cho Tsing's jealousy. Cho Tsing's attempts get rid of San Cha by marrying her off backfire when Tsin Tung realises he loves her and takes her as a concubine. Cho Tsing resents having to share a husband with another woman and, when Tsin Tung divorces her, she seeks solace with another man, her former enemy Kai Chun.

Cast

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The following names uses Cantonese romanisations

Tsin Family

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Artist Character Notes
Lily Leung Chu On Nin
(朱安寧)
Old Lady Tsin
Mother of Tsin Tsung, Tsin Sheung
Grand mother of Tsin Tung
Koo Ming-wah Tsin Tsung
(錢莊)
Son of Chu On Nin
Brother of Tsin Tseung
Tsin Tung's father
Kai Sho's husband
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "bank"
Jade Leung Kai Sho
(計素)
Tsin Tsung's principle wife
Kai Chun's sister
Cho Cho Bi Yue's good friend
first an enemy and subsequently friend of Tsin Sheung
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "doing sums"
Alice Chan Tsin Sheung
(錢霜)
Chu On Nin's daughter
Tsin Tsung's sister
Tsin Tung's aunt
Fu Sam Yan's coequal wife
Sheung Kwun Man's former lover
Ning Choi Tze's good friend, subsequently rivals in love
first an enemy and subsequently friend of Kai Sho
enemy of Cho Tsing and Cho Cho Bi Yue
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "money box"
Him Law Tsin Tung
(錢通)
Tsin Tsung's son
Tsin Sheung's nephew
Cho Tsings husband,later ex-husband
San Cha's husband
Myolie Wu Cho Tsing
(曹青)
Cho Tai Kung and Cho Cho Bi Yue's daughter
Tsin Tung's wife, later ex-wife
Kai Chun's enemy later lovers
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "vinegar keg", which refers to a woman prone to jealousy
Eliza Sam San Cha
(山楂)
Originally Tsin Tung's maid, later concubine and then principle wife
So Yan Chee So Bik Won
(蘇碧雲)
Chu On Nin's personal servant
Tsin Tung's former wet nurse

Cho family

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Artist Character Notes
Koo Koon Chun Cho Tai Kung
(曹大功)
Cho Cho Bi Yue's husband
Cho Tsing's father
Gigi Wong Cho Cho Bi Yue
(曹曹閉月)
beautician
Cho Tai Kung's wife
Cho Tsing's mother
Kai Sho's good friend
Tsin Sheung's enemy
the name is a pun, Cho Cho Bi being a Chinese homophone of "chatterbox"
Cho is both her maiden and married name, she married within her own clan
Myolie Wu Cho Tsing
(曹青)
Cho Tai Kung and Cho Cho Bi Yue's daughter
See Tsin family

Other cast

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Artist Character Notes
Ron Ng Kai Chun
(計準)
Kai Sho's brother
Cho Tsing's enemy later lover
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "well calculated"
Derek Kok Fu Sam Yan
(傅琛仁)
Local magistrate
Ning Choi Tze and Tsin Sheung's husband
the name is a pun, the Chinese being a homophone of "love cheat"
Koni Lui Ning Choi Tze
(冷采慈)
Fu Sam Yan's co-equal wife
Tsin Sheung's good friend, subsequently rivals in love
Ho Kwan Shing Sheung Kwun Man
(上官文)
Tsin Sheung's former lover
Fu Sam Yan's underling
Lo Chun Shun Sun Jing Yee
(辛正義)
Constable
Fu Sam Yan's underling
the name is a pun, the Chinese meaning upholder of righteousness

Development

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  • Lady Sour was originally intended to be the third installment of "Wars of In-laws", but due to Myolie Wu and Bosco Wong's real-life split in 2012 plans to reunite the two main leads were scrapped. Also Liza Wang had to turn down the drama due to schedule conflicts.[2]
  • The drama's plot was revealed at TVB's "2014 Sales Presentation". Additional cast was also revealed.[3]
  • Him Law was confirmed as the male lead of the drama in July 2013. Lady Sour is Law's first ancient costume drama.[4]
  • During the costume fitting ceremony Ron Ng was confirmed as the actual male lead of the drama. Him Law was pushed back as the second male lead.[5]
  • The costume fitting ceremony was held on November 11, 2013 at 12:30 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One Common Room.[6]
  • Filming took place from November 2013 till January 2014.
  • Lady Sour is also co-star Eliza Sam's first ancient costume drama. Sam who was born and raised in Vancouver Canada had difficulty pronouncing her lines and understanding the script due to the text written in ancient Chinese grammar.

Complaints

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  • Ron Ng received numerous audience complaints regarding his over exaggerated acting.[7]

International Broadcast

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Viewership Ratings

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# Timeslot (HKT) Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
1 Mon – Fri 20:30 01–05 Dec 2014 1 — 5 22 23
2 08–11 Dec 2014 6 — 9 22 24
3 16–19 Dec 2014 10 — 13 23 26
4 22–26 Dec 2014 14 — 18 24 26
28 Dec 2014 19 — 20 27 29
Total average 23 29

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Lady Sour soompi page. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  2. ^ [2] Liza Wang Turns Down New TVB Drama with Bosco Wong. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  3. ^ [3] TVB’s “The Vinegar Lady” Films Sales Presentation. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  4. ^ [4] Myolie Wu and Him Law to Star in “The Vinegar Lady”. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  5. ^ [5] Myolie Wu At “The Vinegar Lady” Costume Fitting. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  6. ^ [6] "Vinegar Lady" Costume Fitting. Retrieved July 10, 2015
  7. ^ [7] Ron Ng Prepared for Criticism for Exaggerated Acting in “Lady Sour”. Retrieved July 10, 2015
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