Underplayed Gems

Eunuch & Carpenter (1993)

Eunuch & Carpenter poster
Original title
大太監與小木匠
Country
Taiwan
Length
1 season, 40 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young carpenter stumbles into the Ming dynasty palace during the rise of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian. He gets involved in court politics and forms a friendship with the Tianqi Emperor.

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What happens

Eunuch & Carpenter is a Taiwanese dramedy television series set in the period when the eunuch Wei Zhongxian controlled the Chinese imperial court. Directed by Shao-feng Cheng and produced by Jui Lin and Chih-Hsiang Huang, the series stars American actor Ke Huy Quan as Ba Da-jia, a fictional young carpenter who accidentally enters the palace and intervened in political battles and befriends the Tianqi Emperor. It was first broadcast in Taiwan on TTV from 15 November 1993 to 7 January 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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