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Curse of the Royal Harem (2011)

Curse of the Royal Harem poster
Original title
萬凰之王
Cast
Sunny Chan, Jessica Hsuan, Myolie Wu, Gigi Wong, Rebecca Chan, Gordon Liu, Joel Chan, Sire Ma
Genre
drama television series
Country
Hong Kong
Length
1 season, 31 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

How it feels

A woman becomes the empress of a Chinese emperor. She must navigate the treacherous politics and rivalries of the royal harem.

historicalintrigue-filleddramaticslow-burntensemelancholicvisually lushbittersweet

What happens

Curse of the Royal Harem (Traditional Chinese: 萬凰之王; literally "The King Among Ten Thousand Phoenixes") is a 2011 Hong Kong period drama produced by TVB under executive producer Chong Wai-kin. The 45-minute episodes aired from 31 October to 4 December 2011, in a total of 27 episodes in Hong Kong and 31 episodes for the overseas audience. Its stars Jessica Hsuan, Myolie Wu, Sunny Chan, Gigi Wong, Nancy Wu and Joel Chan. It is one of three grand TVB productions used to celebrate the channel's 44th anniversary, the other two being Super Snoops and Forensic Heroes III. The drama is Hong Kong's fourth highest-rating serial drama of 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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