Underplayed Gems

Al Cappuccino (2020)

Al Cappuccino poster
Original title
反黑路人甲
Country
Hong Kong
Length
1 season, 30 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A struggling actor is hired by the Hong Kong police to impersonate a triad leader. He must solve a gang-related murder while staying in character.

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What happens

Al Cappuccino (Chinese: 反黑路人甲) is a Hong Kong television crime comedy series produced by TVB. With Lam Chi-wah serving as executive producer, the series stars Vincent Wong as a struggling actor who gets hired by the OCTB of the Hong Kong Police Force to be a fake triad boss in order to solve a murder that is related to a gang. The drama was produced under the working title Triad Weirdo, or Yakuza Weirdo (Chinese: 極道怪咖). Principal photography was in Hong Kong, and lasted from January to April 2019. The drama series won six awards at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards, including the Best Drama award. Owen Cheung won the Most Popular Male Character award for his role as Ko Bun, Winki Lai was awarded the Best Supporting Actress award, and Angel Chiang and Brian Chu won the Most Improved Female Artiste and Most Improved Male Artiste awards respectively. In addition, Vincent Wong, Cheung, and Chu together won the Best Onscreen Partnership award for their collaboration. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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