Review: “King Maker” (By Funn) | Jayne. Stars. com. King Maker < 造王者> Hong Kong TVB Drama 2. Producer: Leung Cho Yuen. Genre: Historical Fiction. Episodes: 2. 8“He (Kent Cheng) has my vote for TV King. And I like how he speaks. There is clearness, conviction and that he believes every word. The mark of a truly good actor”SPOILERS … SPOILERS … SPOILERSChinese Title造王者 aka The One Makes An Emperor (I think)Cast. Kent Cheng – Tung Chiu (Right Chancellor)Wayne Lai – Yu Jing (future Left Chancellor)Pierre Ngo Ka- nin (Chiu Kwai Sing (1st prince)Chris Lai Lok- yi – Chiu Kwai Wo (2nd prince)Kristal Tin – Yim Sam Leung. Natalie Tong – Yu Ching/Fan Hung Ying. Elaine Yiu – Tung Yuk Kiu. Kingdom Yuen – Empress Gung- shuk. Florence Kwok – Consort Wai. Patrick Tang – Yu Tsing/Sheung Hei. KK Cheung – Yu Bok- man (Former Right Chancellor)Eric Li – Tung Ming Hin. [Hong Kong TVB Drama 2012] King Maker 造王者 Theme. Default. Soompi (Default) Contact Us; Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc. News; Forums.Joseph Lee Kwok Lun – Yeung Chi- san (current Left Chancellor)Kwok Fung – Emperor of Southern Song. Sammy Sum – Yeung Kuk. Jack Wu – Yeung Chun. Watch full episodes free online. King Maker - As potential heirs to the throne, Prince Kwai Sing and Prince Kwai Wo take sibling rivalry to an entirely different level. King Maker < 造王者> Hong Kong TVB Drama 2012. Producer: Leung Cho Yuen Genre: Historical Fiction Episodes: 28 “He (Kent Cheng) has my vote for TV King. Rachel Kan – 3rd Prince’s mother. Vivien Yeo – Concubine Tak, wife of Kwai Sing. Janet Chow – wife of Kwai Wo. Shek Sau – Pang Kwok Chu/Fan Chiu Lun. Synopsis. Wikipedia at http: //en. King_Maker_%2. 8TV_series%2. Wayne Lai portrays Yu Jing, the Right Chancellor of Southern Song. King Maker (Chinese: 造王者; Cantonese Yale: jou wong je) is a Hong Kong historical-fiction television drama serial produced by TVB under executive producer Leung. He is the eldest son of Chancellor Yu Bok- man (KK Cheung), who was exiled from the kingdom after infuriating Emperor Ning- chung (Kwok Fung). In their exile, Jing and his two younger siblings, sister Yu Ching (Natalie Tong) and brother Yu Tsing (Patrick Tang) got separated. Ching was adopted by triad leader Fan Chiu- lun (Shek Sau) and lived under the name, Fan Hung- ying. Tsing was deceived into becoming a eunuch, and was given the name Sheung Hei. Kent Cheng portrays Tung Chiu, the Left Chancellor. English title: King Maker; Episodes: 28; Broadcast network: TVB; Broadcast period: 2012-Aug-13 to 2012-Sep-15; Air time: Monday to Friday 20:30-21:30; Synopsis. He was one of Yu Bok- man’s brightest students, and is the father of Tung Ming- hin (Eric Li), the youngest, and Tung Yuk- kiu (Elaine Yiu), Jing’s fiancé. Jing and Chiu eventually become opponents – Chiu works on supporting second prince, Chiu Kwai- wo (Lai Lok- yi) to the throne, while Jing supports elder prince, Chiu Kwai- sing (Ngo Ka- nin). Kwai- sing’s mother is Empress Gung- shuk (Kingdom Yuen), who originally wanted Chiu to become Kwai- sing’s teacher. To completely eliminate her son’s competitor, Kwai- wo’s mother, Consort Wai (Florence Kwok) and her brother, Chancellor Yeung Chi- san (Joseph Lee), colludes with Jurchen Prince Ngan- fu (King Kong) to take Kwai- sing captive. MY BLOG COMMENTSI posted some comments as I watched each episode which you can find here at http: //www. I moved the contents to Review Database where you can find the link to that Database at main blog at http: //www. E]. COMMENTSABOUT THE STORYI was very excited about this series, as it stars one of my most favourite TVB actor that is Wayne Lai and my increasingly favourite veteran actor, Kent Cheng. I have watched a little of Greatness Of A Hero and the potential of sparks flying between these 2 so I knew acting wise, no worries. From episode 1 until the last, the pace is exceedingly fast, so much so I would say it is bullet train fast. They all talk so fast, even the normally slow talking Chris Lai Lok Yi also talks faster than a normal underground train. And when you talk fast, you know you bound to make some mistakes pronunciation wise but surprisingly, everyone here speaks clearly even if some with between mild to heavy accented Cantonese, no doubt effort was being made to actually speak proper Cantonese in terms of pronouncing certain words. So kudos to the actors. However after a few episodes, you sorta feel this series may be fast paced, but runs around in circles, like a train on a fixed route for the same hour, hour after hour. It will always be one dilemma presented, one wicked plan, one honourable speech and the bad guy wins for the day until his comeuppance at the very end and even then some may complain there is no justice. For a series about politics, it is really about the same group of perhaps 7 or 8 people and no more. And of these 7 or 8 people, you get representations from every sort of usual “quarreling” group such as ministers vs ministers (Tung Chiu vs Yu Jing), women vs women (1st prince’s wife and Hung Ying), mother vs mother (empress vs concubine Wai), prince vs prince (Kwai Sing Vs Kwai Wo) and revenge seeking guy vs the emperor (Pang Kwok Chu and the emperor). Stuck in between are the eunuchs who don’t quarrel but secretly aiding one side in favour of another side, doesn’t matter which side, they’re the ultimate double crossers and double crossers of the double crosses. Seems like a huge plot right? Not necessarily. King Maker is the simplified version of many palace intrigue series that I have seen. Not the worst, it is actually very enjoyable but seems limited and very small scale. But the problem is in the main subject itself. The title in Cantonese is “Jou Wong Jeh” aka King Maker or the one who makes the Emperor, simply speaking. It may be about palace, in this series it is almost at the end of Song Dynasty, but in the end it is about the ministers who support a particular prince in a bid for the throne. These ministers may or may not be the chancellors, but they’re almost always at first the teacher to these princes. In this series, on the face of it, Yu Jing is on the side of 1st prince, Kwai Sing and Tung Chiu is on the side of 2nd prince, Kwai Wo. There is a 3rd prince but he is too young for any importance just yet. The emperor is healthy, not dying but there is still the position of prince regent, the emperor to be. The entire series is not about who will be emperor. Both men wanted Kwai Sing to be emperor. The whole series is about who will be the ultimate teacher aka ultimate chancellor aka ultimate King Maker, the one who will ultimately advise the emperor and set the policies that the emperor will adopt. The one who will guide the emperor and run the empire based on the advises of the ultimate king maker. A lot of ultimates isn’t it? Because this is a series about that ultimate man. And this is where I feel the series is way too simplified. The story tries to tell us the emperor is essentially stupid. He can be swayed. The emperor in this series played by Kwok Fung is in fact the most easily swayed emperor ever, without any opinion of his own and depends entirely on either Tung Chiu or Yeung Chi San and when Yeung Chi Shan is disposed, on Yu Jing. The advisor is so powerful that he can even dictate policies to the emperor or the empress, in this case represented by Tung Chiu. So for me to see such a weak minded emperor replaced by another weak minded emperor shows to me why Song Dynasty had to go; an emperor without a mind of his own can’t withstand many things. Of course the emperor must listen to the advisor but in the end the decision should be his alone. I am not impressed on the story of the emperor who seems more like puppet than a human being fit to rule. In fact this series tells us all the decisions made by the emperor, including killing a minister’s entire family so as to destroy competition is advised by the advisor, as if the emperor had no choice, no say in it. The emperor can so easily blame it on the adviser and I feel this sort of storyline just simplifies things way too much, so much so I feel this is where the story fails. Too much importance is being given to the adviser, and that is TVB’s own perspective. I stress TVB looks at things too simplified. For a political series, this is sorta smart but really just a dumbed down version of a smarter version which I feel some TVB scriptwriter is eager to write, but can’t. This series ends with an interesting juxtaposition which I feel does answer the question posed by the series; that being the ultimate King Maker. In the end Yu Jing is the ultimate king maker but the difference between him and Tung Chiu and Yeung Chi San is Yeung Chi San is driven by greed and Yu Jing is not a greedy man. Tung Chiu is driven almost mad by power and Yu Jing doesn’t want power. He holds probably the most powerful position in the country below the emperor, but the real thing is that his power is above the emperor, because he makes the policies, he gives the solutions, he directs and advises the emperor who listens to him all the time. He steers the emperor. Why isn’t he considered dangerous? Because he isn’t corrupt. He holds the position so as to steer the emperor towards the right route. He has the people’s interest at heart. He is to me the Zhuge Liang of his generation and in a way it is a noble position for a noble man such as Yu Jing. And Yu Jing is noble. He refuses to engage in any dirty tactics and those dirty tactics he used (where he did used his sister once) was really to dispose off the bigger crook, that is Tung Chiu. Along the way many died because of and for him but he still refuses to go evil so to speak. It can be frustrating to watch but in a way I feel the series never really betrayed Yu Jing’s sincere intention for the emperor to be and the empire the emperor will run. As opposed to Tung Chiu, he may have been an honest noble man but 1. He used his daughter, once with regret, the second time without any regret at all. He was loyal to the empress, the empress trusted him but Yu Jing couldn’t trust a man who uses dirty tactics and Tung Chiu does use really dirty tactics. Sometimes the viewers may feel Tung Chiu is justified, but again that small voice in your heart will question whether such tactic is necessary? Within us there is always a Tung Chiu vs Yu Jing. It is a matter of perspective (for Tung Chiu) and principle (for Yu Jing). What makes a sincere noble king maker is between these 2 qualities, as this series will explain in minute details. If you’re not into minute details, this series isn’t for you. Some scenes are just too “coincidental” that some scenes are just too silly.
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