Love and Again is a Hong Kong modern drama series produced by TVB starring Alex Fong, Sonija Kwok, Moses Chan, Michael Tse and Fiona Yuen. It was filmed from 2001 to 2002 and premiered overseas in November 2002. Then, it premiered on TVB Pay Vision on 29 March 2004 and ended on 23 April 2004. Later, it premiered on TVB Jade on 1 March 2011 and ended on 26 March.
Plot Lau Fuk Wing (Michael Tse) and Suen Siu Yuet (Sonija Kwok) were a married couple with a child. Due to a car accident caused by Andy Leung Tak Wah (Alex Fong), an arrogant man disliked by those around him, Fuk Wing died and left Siu Yuet in grief.
Fuk Wing's soul refuses to reincarnate due to the feeling of injustice of how he died. So with the help of a ghost Ngau Yat Yat (Fiona Yuen), his soul accidentally enters the body of Tak Wah and once again tries pursue his wife as Tak Wah. As a result, he fails many times in trying to win Siu Yuet over after she finds out that Tak Wah was the one to cause Fuk Wing's death. Even after she is able to forgive that, a new man enters the scene and becomes another love rival to Fuk Wing/Tak Wa: Angus Ying Chun (Moses Chan), her dancing instructor.
Cast
The Leung family Cast Role Description Yu Chi Ming (余子明) Leung Kwai Chuen梁貴全 Leung Tak Wah's fatherIn episode 20, he originally died of suicide by jumping off from the rooftop that he was living after his son took back his own body from Fuk Wing after killing him and Siu Yuet in the same way that killed him but his suicide was reverted after Tak Wah was devastated and filled with regrets after the suicide and pleaded Luk Poon to revert everything he did before crashing the taxi which killed Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet. Alex Fong Leung Tak Wah (Andy)梁德華 Star Entertainment Group artiste managerLeung Kwai Chuen's sonYing Chun's good friendFong Mei Sze's former love interestDue to his family being poor, his mother died from an illness which leaded him becoming a greedy person and began his gambling addiction since his study years.Died of car accident in episode 1, his body was then used by Lau Fuk Wing to come back to lifeIn episode 19, his spirit comes back to life in a body resembling Lau Fuk Wing and pretends to be him to take back his own body from him. He attempted many ways to take back his body from Fuk Wing such as blackmailing him that he will hurt Siu Yuet if he doesn't give back his body. He eventually took back his body after killing Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet in the same way that killed him but eventually filled with regrets as his father killed himself by jumping off from the rooftop that he was living in and pleaded Luk Poon to revert everything he did before crashing the taxi which killed Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet.In the ending of episode 20, it is revealed that he has been reincarnated to Fuk Wing and Siu Yuet's male twin son after Fuk Wing saw the latter holding a cotton bud pointing at the birds that Kwai Chuen kept on a tree.
The Lau family Cast Role Description Teresa Ha (夏萍) Chiu Lai King趙麗瓊 Lau Fuk Wing and Lau Fuk Mui's mother Michael Tse Lau Fuk Wing劉福榮 Fuk Wing Renovate Company owner and taxi driverChiu Lau King's sonLau Fuk Mui's older brotherSuen Siu Yuet's husbandLau Chui Yee's fatherDied in from a car accident in episode 1, later used Leung Tak Wah's body to come back to lifeNear the end, Leung Tak Wah's spirit uses Ng Lap Kwong's body, which resembles Lau's, to impersonate Lau Sonija Kwok Suen Siu Yuet孫小玥 Fuk Wing Renovate Company owner and Star Entertainment Group staffLau Fuk Wing's wifeLau Chui Yee's motherYing Chun's love interest Leila Tong Lau Fuk Mui (Bobo)劉福梅 Star Entertainment Group artisteChiu Lai King's daughterLau Fuk Wing's younger sisterKwokSze Yuen's love interest Hung Pui San (洪珮珊) Lau Chui Yee劉翠怡 Lau Fuk Wing and Suen Siu Yuet's daughter
The Ying family Cast Role Description Cecilia Fong (方伊琪) Chui Ting崔婷 Ying Chun and Ying Fung's mother Moses Chan Ying Chun (Angus)邢浚 Ying Gate Dancing Group owner and dancerChui Ting's older sonYing Fung's older brotherLeung Tak Wah's good friend Matt Yeung Ying Fung (Ryan)邢豐 Star Entertainment Group singerYing Chun's younger brotherChui Ting's younger son
Star Entertainment Group (星藝公司) Cast Role Description Leung Kin Ping (梁健平) KK Star Entertainment Group boss Alex Fong Leung Tak Wah (Andy)梁德華 Star Entertainment Group artiste managerSee The Leung family Angela Tong Fong Mei Sze (Macy)方美斯 Star Entertainment Group Promotion PR managerLo Yan Ping's girlfriendAdmired Leung Tak Wah Sonija Kwok Suen Siu Yuet孫小玥 Star Entertainment Group staffSee The Lau family Leila Tong Lau Fuk Mui (Bobo)劉福梅 Star Entertainment Group artisteSee The Lau family Matt Yeung Ying Fung (Ryan)邢豐 Star Entertainment Group singerSee The Ying family Dickson Lee (李家聲) Lo Yan Ping (Ringo)路仁秉 ComposerFong Mei Sze's boyfriend Josephine Shum (岑寶兒) Fu Sing Mung傅星夢 Star Entertainment Group artiste Siu Chuen Yung (邵傳勇) Tse Koon Hei (Fred)譚冠希 Lam Pui Kwan (林佩君) Rashel Star Entertainment Group staff Yau Ching (尤程) Monica Yip Chun Sing (葉振聲) Joe Bond Chan (陳少邦) Nick Jason Lam (林遠迎) Jason Yu Mo Lin (余慕蓮) Siister Ngo娥姐 Janitor
Underworld Cast Role Description Tam Yat Ching (譚一清) Luk Poon陸判 Ngau Yat Yat and Ma Sam Sam's superior Fiona Yuen Ngau Yat Yat牛一一 Ox-Head of the underworldLuk Poon's subordinateAdmires Leung Tak Wah Ngok Fung (岳峰) Ma Sam Sam馬三三 Horse-Face of the underworldLuk Poon's subordinate
Other cast Cast Role Description Gregory Lee (李泳豪) Kwok Sze Yuen郭思源 Fuk Wing Renovate Company workerLoves Lau Fuk MuiMok Lan's son Mimi Chu (朱咪咪) Mok Lan葉蘭 Herb Tea store ownerKwok Sze Yuen's mother Kenneth Ma Sales agent A經理甲 Poon Koon Lam (潘冠霖) 邢浚女友Ying Chun's girlfriend Tsui Wing Mister Fok霍先生 Merry Auto East Asia CEO Tsang Wai Wan (曾慧雲) Maple Ying Gate Dancing Group staff Yvonne Ho (何綺雲) Mei Kwan美君 Suen Siu Yuet's dancing friend Ngai Wai Man (魏惠文) Doctor醫生 Daniel Kwok (郭卓樺) Reporter記者 Law Chung Wah (羅頌華) Mister Yuen阮生
Reception Critical reception Love and Again has received generally mixed reviews from critics. On Douban, the serial received a rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on over two hundred votes.
Love and Again has been criticized due to its theme being unclear and with the logic displayed in it which caused its ratings being mixed. However as years went by after its run, most viewers started to enjoy the show and compared it with the dramas that TVB produced nowadays.
References
External links TVBI website Love and Again forum at TVB.com