The Devil Punisher

The Devil Punisher is a 2020 Taiwanese time travel and supernatural series. It stars Mike He, Ivy Shao, Amanda Chou, Johnny Yang, Anson Chen, Jane Cheng and Roy Chang as the main cast. It is the second collaboration between Sanlih E-Television and Netflix, and is also the channel's flagship drama for the year. The drama is one of the 107 television shows that received 23 million New Taiwan dollars' worth of grants from the government. Filming commenced on 20 February 2020 and wrapped on 12 July 2020. It was first broadcast on 25 October 2020.

Plot
A baker by day and demon fighter by night, Zhong Kui, a reincarnated deity must jog his amnesiac lover's memory of their millennium-long romance.

Main cast

 * Mike He as Zhong Kui / Zhong Zheng-nan
 * Ivy Shao as Lady Meng / Meng Hsin-yu / Xiao-bing
 * Amanda Chou as Lady Qin Kuang
 * Johnny Yang as Cheng Huang
 * Anson Chen as Lu Bo-ya
 * Jane Cheng as Li En-hsi
 * Roy Chang as Ouyang Kai

Supporting cast

 * Chen Bor-jeng as Bat Spirit / Ah-Fu
 * Dewi Chien as Seven Star Sword Spirit / Hsiao-chi
 * Tan Ai-chen as Grandma Wu
 * Yin Chao-te as Wu Ching-yuan
 * Peter Kuan as Chen Ze-hsuan
 * Sing Hom as Wei Yun-han
 * Hank Wang as Zhao Jia-jun

Guest appearances

 * Akio Chen as taoist ghost
 * Ed Chan as male ghost
 * Wu Ting-Chien as male ghost
 * Da Fei as policeman
 * Chang Han as Chen Zheng-ming
 * Vicky Tseng as Li Shu-hui
 * Yu Yanchen as Ah-Ping
 * Hsieh Chi-Wen as Hong Cheng-you
 * King Liu as Cheng-you's boss
 * Chang Chien as En-hsi's mother
 * Pipi Yao as Gao Jia-chi
 * Lyan Cheng as Yao Mu-ching
 * Kelly Ko as Ze-hsuan's mother
 * Ally Chiu as Wu Yu-han
 * Chang Kuo-tung as Lord of the Soil and the Ground
 * Daniel Chen
 * Kurt Chou
 * Ivelyn Lee
 * Louis Lin
 * Kingone Wang

Soundtrack

 * "Last Look 喂，再看我一遍" by MIXER
 * "After a Thousand Years 千年以後" by Nine Chen
 * "If You Turn Around 如果你敢回頭" by Amanda Wang and Anson Chen
 * "Just Memories 回不去的回憶" by Men Envy Children
 * "Guards of Princess Wendy 溫蒂公主的侍衛" by Accusefive
 * "Loveholic 嗜愛動物" by MIXER
 * "The Light-Year Passenger 穿越光年的孤獨" by Tizzy Bac
 * "As I am 我已成為我想要的我" by Shara Lin
 * "Blossom 桃花籤" by DeerJenny
 * "Shining Stars 星點" by DeerJenny

Ratings
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:


 * CTS – U Motherbaker, Mother to be
 * FTV – Animal Whisper, See You at the Market, MIU404
 * CTV – Chinese Restaurant, Someday or One Day (re-run)
 * SET Taiwan – Top Singers


 * Numbers in red denote the highest rating and numbers in blue denote the lowest rating for the drama's tenure.
 * Ratings are obtained from AGB Nielsen.