The Charm Beneath (2005)

Original title

胭脂水粉

Cast

Moses Chan, Gigi Lai, Yoyo Mung, Anne Heung, Mandy Cho, Sharon Chan, Michael Tong, Chan Hung Lit

Genre

soap opera, drama television series

Country

Hong Kong

Length

1 season, 30 episodes

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a period drama set in mid-20th century Hong Kong. It follows the power struggles and secrets within a wealthy family that runs a cosmetics business.

dramaticsoapyperiodemotionalslow-burnnostalgictenseglamorous

What happens

The Charm Beneath (Traditional Chinese: 胭脂水粉) is a TVB period drama series broadcast in October 2005. The series was shown to celebrate TVB's 38th Anniversary. Sheren Tang and Bobby Au-Yeung were originally cast in this series instead of Gigi Lai and Moses Chan when the teaser trailer premiered in the TVB sales presentation in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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