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| Title: | The Confidant | |||||
| Native title: | 大太監 | |||||
| Related media: | Short End of the Stick (Hong Kong sequel) | |||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | |||||
| Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin | |||||
| Airing dates: | Nov 5, 2012 - Dec 14, 2012 | |||||
| Original network: | TVB Jade | |||||
| Episodes: | 33 | |||||
| Duration: | 45 min. | |||||
| Director: | Fong Chun-chiu | |||||
| Screenwriter: | Kwan Chung-ling | |||||
| OST: | The Confidant OST | |||||
| Production company: | TVB | |||||
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| Description | |
| The Confidant (大太監) is a Hong Kong biographical fiction television drama produced by TVB under executive producer Marco Law, starring Michelle Yim as Empress Dowager Cixi, and Wayne Lai as imperial eunuch Li Lianying. The drama depicts how a group of eunuchs survive in the weakening Qing empire, and closely traces Li's early life from the first day he entered the imperial palace to becoming one of the most powerful political figures in the latter years of the Qing Dynasty. The drama also follows Li's relationship with Cixi, and how he eventually becomes her closest confidant. It first aired between Nov 5, 2012 - Dec 14, 2012 on TVB Jade. The series has an indirect sequel, Short End of the Stick (2016). |
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Michelle Yim as Empress Dowager Chee-hei, the current de facto ruler of China, and Tung-chi's mother Maggie Shiu as Empress Dowager Chee-on, the co-de facto ruler of China Oscar Leung as the Tung-chi Emperor, the teenage son of Chee-hei, and the current emperor of China Natalie Tong as Empress Bo-yum, a relative of Chee-on and Tung-chi's wife Cheung Kwok-keung as Imperial Prince Kung, Tung-chi's uncle Aimee Chan as Princess Wo-shek, Tung-chi's aunt Selena Li as Dowager Concubine Yuen, Ham-fung Emperor's concubine residing in King-yan Palace Wayne Lai as Lei Lin-ying, a eunuch who initially serves Concubine Yuen and becomes fourth-ranking Head of Eunuch Raymond Cho as On Tak-hoi, a seventh-ranking eunuch who directly serves under Empress Dowager Chee-hei, and Lin-ying's best friend Raymond Wong Ho-yin as Yiu Sheung-hei, a seventh-ranking eunuch who serves in the medical department Edwin Siu as Ling Tim-sau, a eunuch, and Lin-ying's apprentice and a seventh-ranking eunuch Power Chan as Pang Sam-shun, a seventh-ranking eunuch who serves in the management bureau Nancy Wu as Sin-yung, a palace maid who initially serves Concubine Yuen Elliot Ngok as Chan Fuk, the fourth-ranking Head Eunuch Chung King-fai as Lau Dor-sang, an elderly eunuch who serves in the archives room, he is also the sifu of Lin-ying and Tak-hoi |
| Awards | ||
| 2012 My AOD Favourites Awards | ||
| My Favourite Drama Series | The Confidant | Nominated |
| My Favourite Actor in a Leading Role | Wayne Lai | Nominated |
| My Favourite Actress in a Leading Role | Michelle Yim | Nominated |
| My Top 15 Favourite TV Characters | Michelle Yim | Nominated |
| Wayne Lai | Won | |
| 2012 TVB Anniversary Awards | ||
| Best Drama | The Confidant | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Wayne Lai | Won |
| Best Actress | Michelle Yim | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Power Chan | Nominated |
| Elliot Ngok | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Aimee Chan | Nominated |
| My Favourite Male Character | Wayne Lai | Nominated |
| Raymond Wong Ho-yin | Nominated | |
| My Favourite Female Character | Michelle Yim | Nominated |
| Most Improved Male Artiste | Oscar Leung | Won |
| Edwin Siu | Nominated | |
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