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Flaming Butterfly

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Cast
Rain Lee, Michael Tong, Monie Tung, Anson Leung, Cherie Chan, Kenneth Tsang, Bau Hei Jing, Lau Ying Hung
Length
31 episodes

How it feels

A drama series about a wealthy family facing personal and professional struggles in Hong Kong. The story follows the rise and fall of the main characters as they navigate love, betrayal, and power.

melodramaticslow-burnemotionally intensefamily-centeredvisually polishedbittersweetsoapyserious

What happens

Flaming Butterfly (Chinese: 火蝴蝶) is a drama series produced by Hong Kong broadcaster Asia Television. It was the first series to be filmed in High Definition by ATV. The series consisted of 40 1-hour episodes, but 21 of them were re-edited into 90-minute episodes, making it the second "Drama90" series to be aired by ATV. As a result of, the episode count was reduced to 31. The series was sold to MediaCorp TV, with each episode running for 1 hour, instead of 90 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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