Dark Tales

Dark Tales is a series of Hong Kong television period supernatural dramas that originally aired on Jade from 18 March 1996 to 1 May 1998, consisting of two installments with 75 episodes. Based on Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling's series of supernatural tales called Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Dark Tales is produced by TVB and stars a cast of mainly Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors.

Dark Tales I
Dark Tales I (聊齋) originally aired on Jade every weekday evening from 18 March to 5 May 1996, and is produced by Lau Sze-yu and Chou Ling-kang, consisting of 35 episodes. It features six independent stories, adapted from the first ten books of Pu's novel.

Part I (Episodes 1–5)
Part I (流光情劫; lit. "Stealing Love Through Time") is adapted from the tale Mr. Lu's Daughter (魯公女).


 * Jamie Weng as Chang Yu-dan (張於旦)
 * Cynthia Khan as Lu Chin-tsai / Lu Han-chu (魯金采／盧含珠)
 * Chao Chung as You Feng-wen (游鳳紋)
 * Gary Chan as Crown Prince (鹿王三太子)
 * Jessie Chan as Siao Chui (小翠)
 * Hsieh Han as Master Hui-tong (慧通大師)
 * Chen Hung-lieh as Uncle Shen (沈叔)
 * Suen Kwai-hing as Tien Tor Chi
 * Chan Chung-gin as Emperor Crown (鹿王)
 * Suen Dalong as Young Chang Yu-dan (十八歲張於旦)
 * Kwok Tak-shun as Governor (戶部)
 * Lily Liew as Governor's wife (戶部夫人)
 * Cho Chai as Lu An (盧安)
 * Wong Te-fen as Hong Er (紅兒)
 * Shi Yun as Magistrate (縣令)
 * Howie Huang as General (少將軍)
 * Yip Jan-wa as Ming (阿明)
 * Yip Yung as Cheng (阿政)

Part II (Episodes 6–10)
Part II (俠女田郎; lit. Heroine Tian) is adapted from the tale Tian Chi-lang (田七郎).


 * Cheung Siu-fai as Wu Cheng-hsiu (武承休)
 * Chin Siu-ho as Tian Chi-lang (田七郎)
 * Cynthia Khan as Liu Mu-lian (劉木蓮)
 * Josephine Lam as Wu Cheng-hsiu's wife (武承休夫人)
 * Chao Chung as Su Yue (素月)
 * Michelle Fung as Cheng Chu (程菊)
 * Wilson Tsui as Li Ying (李應)
 * Joseph Lee as Lin Er (林二)
 * Wong Siu-lung as Siao Wu (小五)
 * Leung Yuk-gan as Su Su (蘇蘇)
 * Sally Chen as Tian's Mother (田母)
 * Chen Hung-lieh as Yan Tao-sheng (嚴道生)
 * Derek Kok as Yan Hou (嚴候)
 * Hui Man-chuen as Yan Yung (嚴用)
 * Chan Wing-chun as Wei Ming (魏明)
 * Jack Wong as the Emperor (皇帝)
 * Ho Bik-kin as Manager Wang (王掌櫃)
 * Sun Dalong as Chiang Chiu (蔣九)
 * Shiu Cheuk-hiu as Bali (巴利)
 * Yip Yung as Balu (巴魯)
 * Tie Meng-qiu as Eunuch Yu

Part III (Episodes 11–15)
Part III (古劍幽靈; lit. "Ancient Ghost Sword") is adapted from the tale Chin Sheng-se (金生色).


 * Jamie Weng as Chin Sheng-se (金生色)
 * Chiang Shu-na as Siao Wen (小雯)
 * Elizabeth Lee as Mu Yue-chin (木月琴)
 * Derek Kok as Mu Ma-biao (木麻彪)
 * Alice Fung as Mrs. Mu (木夫人)
 * Tam Yat-ching as Mu Ying-hao (木英豪)
 * Kwong Wing-fai as Mu Hsing (木興)
 * Yip Yung as Mu Long (木隆)
 * Joseph Lee as Tung Kwai (董貴)
 * Cheng Zhuan as Tung Wu (董五)
 * Hsieh Han as Tung Bi-cheng (董必成)
 * Kwan Yi as Grandma Chin (金姥姥)
 * Wilson Tsui as Chin Sheng-kwang (金生光)
 * Lily Lieu as Mother Bo (鴇母)
 * Chan Pui-shan as Tao Hung (桃紅)
 * Ho Sam as Prostitute
 * Chan Heung-ying as Prostitute
 * Chan Wing-chun as Wang Hsiung (王雄)
 * Brian Wong as Liu Shi-hu (劉仕虎)
 * Tie Meng-chiu as Yu Chi-yung (俞繼榮)

Part IV (Episodes 16–20)
Part IV (狐仙報恩; lit. "Fox Spirit Repays Debt") is adapted from the tale Siao Chui (小翠).


 * Gallen Lo as Wang Yuan-feng (王元豐)
 * Grace Yu as Siao Chui (小翠)
 * Howie Huang as Wang Kuo-ying (王國英)
 * Chen Hung-lieh as Wang Tai-cheng (王太常)
 * Sally Chen as Mrs. Wang (王夫人)
 * Chau Ching as Wang Yu-chi (王玉芝)
 * Lily Lieu as Yu (虞氏)
 * Kwan Yi as Liu (劉媒婆)
 * Kwong Ming-fai as Chi Er (喜兒)
 * Gary Chan as the Emperor (皇帝)
 * Lee Lung-kee as Mao Song-nian (毛松年)
 * Kwan Ching as Yu Hsu (玉虛道長)
 * Law Suet-ling as Pang Er (胖兒)
 * Hui Man-chuen as Wang Fei (王非)
 * Fung So-bor as Madam Wang Chao (王曹氏)
 * Josephine Lam as Fifth Aunt (五姨太)
 * Cheng Pak-lun as Yuan Chung (袁忠)
 * Chan Wing-chun as Chi He (祈和)
 * Wan Sheung-yin as Empress Dowager (太后)

Part V (Episodes 21–25)
Part V (翁婿鬥法; lit. "Fight of the In-Laws") is adapted from the tale Chang-ting (長亭).


 * Howie Huang as Shi Da-bu / Fifth Brother (石大璞／五師兄)
 * Grace Yu as Weng Chang-ting (翁長亭)
 * Chen Hung-lieh as Old Weng (翁老兒)
 * Lily Lieu as Mrs. Weng (翁妻)
 * Lee Lung-kee as a Taoist abbot
 * Yip Jan-wa as Big Brother (大師兄)
 * Yip Yung as Second Brother (二師兄)
 * Suen Dalong as Third Brother (三師兄)
 * Brian Wong as Fourth Brother (四師兄)
 * Cheng Zhuan as Sixth Brother (六師兄)
 * Hsieh Han as Old Mr. Shi (石老爹)
 * Kwan Yi as Old Mrs. Shi (石老娘)
 * Wong Siu-lung as Shi Da-kwai (石大珪)
 * Amy Fan as Shi Siao-ying (石小英)
 * Wong Chun-kam as Kao Kwai-chi (高桂枝)
 * Ling Lai-man as Mr. Kao (高員外)
 * Lau Kwai-fong as Mrs. Kao (高夫人)
 * Wa Chung-nam as Kao's housekeeper (高管家)
 * Fung Hiu-man as Weng Hung-ting (翁紅亭)
 * Chan Pui-shan as Siao Yan (小燕)
 * Wilson Tsui as Hua Hua Tai Sui (花花太歲)

Part VI (Episodes 26–35)
Part VI (秋月還陽; lit. "Chiu-yue Returns from Death") is adapted from the tale Wu Chiu-yue (伍秋月).


 * Gallen Lo as Wang Ting (王鼎)
 * Grace Yu as Wu Chiu-yue (伍秋月)
 * Chen Hung-lieh as Wang Nai (王鼐)
 * Josephine Lam as Wang Nai's wife, Liu (柳氏)
 * Dai Siu-man as Wang Cheng (王誠)
 * Hui Man-chuen as Wang An (王安)
 * Amy Fans as Yuan Yuan-yuan (袁圓圓)
 * Wilson Tsui as Octopus (八爪魚)
 * Joseph Lee as Magistrate Peng (彭縣令)
 * Cheng Fan-sang as King Yan
 * Lau Dan as Chiu-yue's father, Wu Yuan (伍員)
 * Derek Kok as Big Head Ghost (大頭鬼)
 * Brian Wong as Three-eyed Ghost (三眼鬼)

Dark Tales II
Dark Tales II (聊齋貳) originally aired on Jade every weekday evening from 9 March to 1 May 1998, and is produced by Lau Sze-yu, consisting of 40 episodes. It features eight independent stories, adapted from the first fifteen books of Pu's novel.

Part I (Episodes 1–5)
Part I (陸判奇談; lit. "Interesting Tales of Judge Lu") is adapted from the tale Judge Lu (陸判).


 * Evergreen Mak as Chu Er-dan (朱爾旦)
 * Celine Ma as Madam Chiao (嬌娘)
 * Angie Cheong as Chang Yun-luo (章雲蘿)
 * Felix Lok as Judge Lu (陸判)
 * Marco Lo as Li Chi-chiao (黎子喬)

Part II (Episodes 6–10)
Part II (綠野飛仙; lit. "Flying Immortal in the Wilderness") is adapted from the tale Ying (阿英).


 * Jackie Lui as Kan Yu (甘鈺)
 * Noel Leung as Ah Ying (亞英)
 * May Kwong as Chin Chi-niao (秦吉鳥)
 * Derek Kok as Lang Wen-hsien (郎文軒)
 * Elvina Kong as Rouge (胭脂)
 * Chen Xiaoyun as Lotus Fairy (蓮花仙子)
 * Chan Chung-kin as Father Hao (郝老爹)
 * Samuel Yau as Chao Da-shan (趙大山)
 * Wilson Tsui as Prince Ying (鷹王)
 * Kwan Ching as Mountain Spirit (山妖)
 * Suen Kwai-hing as Senior (長老)

Part III (Episodes 11–15)
Part III (鬼母痴兒; lit. "Ghostly Mother, Devoted Son") is adapted from the tale Siang-chun (湘裙).


 * Derek Kok as Shi Yun-ting (石雲庭)
 * Louisa So as Siang-chun (湘裙)
 * Benny Chan as Shi Tian-sheng (石天生)
 * Joyce Chan as Hsia Sue (夏雪)
 * Chan Dik-hak as Shi Yun-hsien (石雲軒)
 * So Yan-chi as Hsien's wife
 * Chan On-ying as Mute Chuan (啞娟)

Part IV (Episodes 16–20)
Part IV (陰差陽錯; lit. "Accidental Mistake") is adapted from the tale Wang Lu-lang (王六郎).


 * Evergreen Mak as Wang Lu-lang (王六郎)
 * Rain Lau as Hsu Dan-feng (許丹鳳)
 * Chan Wing-chun as Underworld guardian (鬼差)
 * Felix Lok as Hsu Ban-hsian (許半仙)

Part V (Episodes 21–25)
Part V (花醉紅塵; lit. "World of Drunk Flowers") is adapted from the tale Madam Hsin Shi-si (辛十四娘).


 * Patrick Tam as Feng Shao-you (馮少游)
 * Noel Leung as Madam Hsin Shi-si (辛十四娘)
 * Dickson Li as King Bee (蜂王)
 * Melissa Ng as Flower Spirit (花妖)
 * Chang Wing-Chun as Emperor's Bodyguard

Part VI (Episodes 26–30)
Part VI (隔世追情; lit. "Chasing Love Across Time") is adapted from the tale Chin-se (錦瑟).
 * Joey Leung as Yang Da-yung (楊大勇)
 * Louisa So as Sue Chin-se (薛錦瑟)
 * Dickson Li as Yi Dao Sheng (一道生)
 * Gordon Liu as Kao Ni (高聻)
 * Akina Hong as Siao Siang (小香)
 * Wilson Tsui as Chuang Tie-niu (莊鐵牛)
 * Chan On-ying as Chiao Lan (嬌蘭)
 * Celine Ma as Toad Spirit (蛤蟆)
 * Ng Man-sang as Gecko Spirit (壁虎)
 * Andy Tai as Monk Huo-yun (火雲僧人)
 * Helen Ma as Ms. Hsu (徐氏)
 * Felix Lok as Sue Po-ling (薛柏齡)

Part VII (Episodes 31–35)
Part VII (魅影靈狐; lit. "Phantom Fox Spirit") is adapted from the tale Lian Siang (蓮香).


 * Benny Chan as Sang Siao (桑曉)
 * Rain Lau as Lian Siang (蓮香)
 * Florence Kwok as Li Chiu-rong (李秋蓉)
 * Joyce Chan as Miao Ah-hsiu (苗阿秀)

Part VIII (Episodes 36–40)
Part VIII (斬妖神劍; lit. "Demon Sword") is adapted from the tale Lady Hua (花姑子).


 * Jackie Lui as An Chun-yang (安君陽)
 * Angie Cheong as Lady Hua (花姑子)
 * Cheng Pak-lun as the Thunder God (雷神)
 * Lily Liu as Lady Hua's mother
 * Florence Kwok as Po Ching-ching (白晶晶)
 * Derek Kok as Chian Chi-liang (錢七兩)