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Our Unwinding Ethos (native: 十二傳說) (2019) also known as ‘Twelve Legends’ is a TV series produced by TVB. The story follows twelve well-known urban legends in Hong Kong. The series stars Edwin Siu, Lin Xiawei, Jonathan Cheung, and Moon Lau. It was produced by Wong Wai Sing and edited by Li Qianyi. The series was shot between November 2017 and April 2018. It first premiered on July 15, 2019 on TVB Jade and was broadcast weekly from Monday to Friday from 21:30-22:30 prime time. The final episode aired on August 16, 2019, and concluded the 25-episode series. First overseas premiere on Astro (television) between July 15 and August 16, 2019. The series tied in with the Ghost Festival (Yulan) in July. The series was recommended at the Hong Kong International Film and Television Fair (2018) and the TVB Amazing Summer (2019).

Synopsis
Poon Doh-lai (Lin Xiawei) while on-site investigating the legend of the Bride's Pool with her Folklore studies introductory lecture, witnesses strange incidents transpiring around the bride-to-be, Topaz (Moon Lau). These strange Supernatural incidents continues to follow Topaz. She seek help from her journalist friend Fu Chi-Pok (Edwin Siu). The groom's family is certain that Topaz is a Jinx who have angered the bride's Spirit, and tries to kick her out of the family and break off the marriage. Pandora slowly discovers that the legend of the Bride’s Pool was used to cover up crimes associated with the deadly curve. After the investigation, Pandora learns that Chik-Pok was the son of her mentor, Professor Fu (To Yin Gor), who has been missing for seven years. The two decides to finish her mentor’s dissertation, however, during their research, they encounter cases that were covered up by popular urban legends. The two became acquaintances with police offer, Yik Sir (Jonathan Cheung), who was a supernatural enthusiast. As the different cases unfold, they suspect that Professor Fu is alive and is perhaps captured.

Fu Family

 * To Yin Gor as Fu Tung-Ming/Professor Fu. He is professor of Folklore studies at the International University of Hong Kong. A former teacher and director at Hong Kong Guowen Middle School. For 7 years Professor Fu was a missing person and eventually assumed dead. His disappearance is believed to be connected to the Fox Spirit legend.
 * Edwin Siu as Fu Chi-Pok. A journalist at Breaking News and student of the Folklore Department of the Faculty of Humanities, Hong Kong International University. He is the son of Professor Fu, despite their estranged relationship, he misses and love his father. His love interest was Topaz, however, their relationship never developed due to his timid character. As the story progresses, he discovers that he had fallen for Pandora.

Poon Family

 * Parkman wong as Poon Wu. Father of Poon Da-li and Poon Doh-mei. Fook-chi's lover.
 * Mary Hon as Chen Fook-chi/Sister Fortune. Pawnshop owner and Poon Wu’s lover.
 * Jazz Lam as Poon Da-li/Master Dali. A metaphysicist and host of radio network program Network One Spirit One. Eldest son of Poon Wu and Fook-chi.
 * Lin Xiawei as Poon Doh-lai/lala/Dr Poon/Pandora. Assistant professor of the Department of Folklore, School of Humanities, International University of Hong Kong. Adoptive daughter of Sister Fortune. Uses the catch phrase: ‘兇手做咁多嘢,都係想模糊個視線,但係我已經睇清楚佢嘅原點’ (The killer has done many things to blur our vision. But I can see the origin clearly now) before revealing/solving a crime. Trademark: gold pocket watch.
 * Kirby Lam as Poon Doh-mei/Sister Mi.

Other

 * Jonathan Cheung as Yik Ming Yin/Yik Sir
 * Moon Lau as Wong Yuk/Topaz
 * Angel Chiang as Amelie Ku Pan Sin
 * Lau Kong as Yik Yuen-Kwong
 * Tammy Ou Yueng as Bala
 * Bobo Yueng as Bili
 * Lee Yee-man as Pong Chi Mung

Guest star

 * Stefan Wong as Pierre

Language
Our Unwinding Ethos is a series originally in Cantonese. The series have Dubbing (filmmaking) available in Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese language; and Subtitles in Traditional Chinese characters, Simplified Chinese characters, English language and Bahasa Indonesia.

Promotional Clips
Our Unwinding Ethos - Mini were two-minute promotional clips staged in the format of the TV show’s fictional network program: Network One Spirit One. There is a total of five consecutive episodes hosted by Poon Doh-lai (Lin Xiawei) and Poon Da-li (Jazz Lam), inviting some of the main characters to talk about their case.

Music
The opening theme song Rumors performed by Auston Lam, and composed by Alan Cheung was released on July 26 in 2019 by The Voice Entertainment Group limited.

Rumours was nominated for 'Most popular series song' during the TVB Awards Presentation in 2019.

Bride Pool
The local Urban legend of the Bride's Pool, located near Tai Mei Tuk in Plover Cove Country Park was used as the setting for the introductory episodes of the series. In the traditional Chinese wedding, the bride would travel by Litter (vehicle) (as known as Sedan) to her groom. It is said that one of the four porters slipped. The bride, along with the sedan fell into the connecting river and she was trapped by the waterfall and washed into the pool below where she downed, unable to escape due to her heavy wedding dress. The villagers also failed to find the porter.

Mirror Pool
The Mirror Pool Waterfall is located near by the Bride's pool in the Plover Cove Country Park. Some have claimed to have seen a bride dressed in a red Cheongsam brushing her hair at the Mirror Pool. The Spirit of the bride would drag victims into the water to ease her loneliness. Another Superstition in China is that the spirit of a person who have been drowned, continues to float along the surface of the water until it can drown another victim to take its place, and this was the only way the spirit can leave the earth or fulfil Reincarnation.

The Winding Road near the Bride's Pool
In the Hong Kong legend, the bride’s spirit would wander the area and favoured the nearby winding road, giving it the nickname ‘deadly curve’. Several fatal accidents have been reported and is believed to be connected the evildoing of the deceased bride’s spirit.



Wah Fu Estate
Wah Fu Estate is a Public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Hong Kong. It was built on a new town concept in 19677 and was renovated in 2003. The building was used as the backdrop of the UFO story line in Our Unwinding Ethos. In 1970s and 1980s the reports of a gigantic mother ship mysteriously hovering over Wah Fu Estate is Hong Kong's most enduring urban UFO myth. Witnesses described a spaceship as wide as a building hovering over the estate, on both occasions late in the afternoon. The craft was so large, they said, that buildings shook as it flew low over the estate.

New Territories West
A saucer-like shining object was reported in New Territories West (constituency) in 1978. This site was also used in the UFO story line in episode 9.

Tat Tak School
Tat Tak School was used as the backdrop for the eighth legend in Our Unwinding Ethos. The building erected in 1974 and was originally based on the centuries-old Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall in Ping Shan. In 1998, the building closed and gained recognition for its paranormal activities. The urban tale follows the suicide of a headmistress who hanged herself in the female bathroom while wearing red dress. Leaving behind the lingering red-clothed spirit sighted over the years. In Chinese culture, when someone dies dressed in all red, they will return as powerful and angry spirit. The village where the school is located has a history of tragedy, with local residents killed and buried in the area after resisting British efforts to evict them from their land. It has been said that a large number of villagers were massacred in 1941 during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, with their remains buried in graves built into the hillside next to the school. Today the site is abandoned and sits permanently guarded behind locked rusty gates.

Cross-over with Golden Night Building (TV Series)
The character of Poon Doh-lai/Dr Poon (Lin Xiawei) makes a guest appearance in Golden Night Building (2019) in episode 17. The male protagonist, Siu Wai-ming (Joel Chan (actor)), visits Hong Kong International University specifically to look for Dr Poon, in hopes to investigate the reason behind the strange and supernatural events at the Twilight Mansion, and it's connection to a game called Eerie Mansion. This cross-over is interesting because of the supernatural genre that opposes to Our Unwinding Ethos detective plot that omits true supernatural events. Dr Pooh suggests that the strange events may be a result of a Copycat crime using the game to commit murder. She also provides Wai-ming with a novel entitled Sleepwalking, which have a plot that identical to the two leads in the Golden Night Building. Although Dr Poon suggested that the writer could possibly be a Prophet that can see the future, she remain sceptical about supernatural events and firmly believes that there is a logical answer- which is not the case for the supernatural plot of Golden Night Building.

Rating
Hong Kong Viewership with TVB Jade Macau Viewership with TVB Anywhere

Development

 * November 13, 2017: Costume Fitting and Blessing Ceremony, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, TVB City Studio One Common Room.
 * July 12, 2019: promotional event for Our Unwinding Ethos.
 * August 7, 2019: Last promotional event for Our Unwinding Ethos was held poolside.

Trivia

 * The fictional character Pandora (Rosina Lin) made a guest appearance in the TV-series:  Golden Night Building (native: 金宵大廈) (2019) from episode 17.
 * Episode 11: The fictional airline Solar Airways and Skylette Airlines was a reference to the TV-series: Triumph in the Skies II.
 * Although they played good friends in the series, Mary Hon and To Yin Gor are real-life husband and wife.
 * The TV series borrowed ideas from TVB's own urban legends. Over the years, some parts of the studio have been rumoured to be haunted.