The Gentle Crackdown

The Gentle Crackdown
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秀才遇著兵
GenreCostume Comedy
StarringMoses Chan
Niki Chow
Wayne Lai
Michelle Yim
Halina Tam
Opening theme"明知不知傻痴痴" by
Moses Chan & Niki Chow
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerLau Kar Ho
Running time45 minutes (approx.)
Original release
NetworkTVB
ReleaseMay 25 (2005-05-25) –
June 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)
Related
The Gentle Crackdown II (2008)

The Gentle Crackdown (Traditional Chinese: 秀才遇著兵) is a TVB costume comedy series broadcast in May 2005.

An indirect sequel, The Gentle Crackdown II (秀才愛上兵) was produced and broadcast in 2008 continued with only Wayne Lai, alongside Steven Ma, Yumiko Cheng, and Ha Yu.

Synopsis

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What would happen when a slow-paced scholar meets an impetuous constable? During the Ming Dynasty, the world is full of corrupt officials. Master Constable Luk Chin (Yuen Wah) fell in love with the female outlaw Fei Ying (Michelle Yim) and they have a daughter - Luk Sap-Yee (Niki Chow).

Hoping to follow in her father's footsteps, Sap-Yee is an impulsive and idealistic constable whose skill and competence is often dismissed by her corrupt male peers. Meanwhile, her mother has given up her old ways and keeps her old identity and martial arts skills a secret to watch over her troublesome daughter. When Sui Tong-Lau (Moses Chan), the newly appointed magistrate, arrives in Sap-Yee's city, they wind up working together to solve a number of unusual cases.

Cast

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Cast Role Description
Moses Chan Shui Tung-Lau
水東樓
Lower Grade Magistrate
Luk Sap-Yee's lover.
Niki Chow Luk Sap-Yee
陸拾義
Constable
Shui Tung-Lau's lover.
Gam Ying's daughter.
Wayne Lai Si Kei-Wong
史其旺
Shui Tung-Lau's assistant.
Luk Sau-Koo's lover.
Michelle Yim Gam Ying
金英 and Luk Gam Sze 陸金史 and Sap Yee Ma 拾義媽
Luk Sap-Yee's mother.
Luk Chin's wife.
Halina Tam Luk Sau-Koo
陸秀姑
Si Kei-Wong's lover.
Cindy Au Man Lai-Gwan
萬麗君
Lee Shing-Cheung Yew Dai-Ping
么大平
Head Constable
Johnson Lee (李思捷) Mok Dai-Mo
莫大毛
Constable. The given name of this constable, along with the other 3, translates to "Making Trouble Out of Nothing" (毛[無]事生非)
Dai Yiu Ming (戴耀明) Mau See
茅士
Constable
Li Kai Kit (李啟傑) Sat Fei
實非
Constable
Ng Man Seng (伍文生) Man Seng
文生
Constable
Mandy Lam (林淑敏) Chun Fa
春 花
Paid female company.
Yuen Wah Luk Chin
陸戰
Gam Ying's deceased husband.
Luk Sap-Yee's father.

Meaning of title

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