Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion

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Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion (覆雨翻雲)
Genre	Ancient Drama
Starring	Raymond Lam Charmaine Sheh Bosco Wong Sonija Kwok Sharon Chan
Opening theme	"出鞘" by Raymond Lam
Ending theme	"領會" by Raymond Lam
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	40
Production
Running time	approximately 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Television Broadcasts Limited
Original run	January 5, 2006 – February 25, 2006
External links
Official website

Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion (Chinese: 覆雨翻雲) is a TVB episodic drama based on the wuxia novel by Huang Yi. The producer was Cheung King Man. The serie is 40 episodes long and was broadcast in 2006. It begins with the Rain Ceasing Sword was found although there where four monks that protect the sword Pong Ban (龐班) mercilessly defeated them. But there was one Monk still alive who took the sword and ran away when Long Fan Wan(浪翻雲) came to stop Pong Ban. The Monk then was later found by Hon Pak(韓柏), who presented it to Yin Wong.

Maggie Cheung, Moses Chan and Patrick Tam were originally casted in this series instead of Charmaine Sheh, Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong when the teaser trailer premiered in the Sales Presentation of 2004.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cast

Raymond Lam as 風行烈
Charmaine Sheh as 秦夢瑤
Bosco Wong as 韓柏
Sonija Kwok as 靳冰雲
Sharon Chan as 虛夜月
Derek Kok Jing-Hung as 龐班
David Chiang as 浪翻雲
Evergreen Makas 燕王朱棣
Power Chan as 范良極

[edit] Plot

Set in the Ming Dynasty. 1st Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, after over throwing the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, go all out to eliminate the descendants of Khublai Khan, the Grandson of Genghis Khan. Raymond Lam play Feng Xinlie, the Mongol Prince, who had lost his childhood memory during a massacre of Mongolian children by Emperor Zhu in bid to eliminate the Mongol Prince during the overthrow of the Mongols.

Feng escaped the massacre and grew up in China, while Mongolian clans chief Pang Ban (played by Derek Kok) try all means to regain his childhood memory and groom Feng into the long lost Mongolian Prince. This is for Feng to lead Mongol rebel warriors to a civil war to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, whereby realising the Mongol dream. However, Feng had got his own dream of an Equal world, whereby Mongol and Han (the Ming Dynasty Chinese) live together in Harmony.

The entire series took several twist where the Rain Ceasing Sword and Cloud Sabre come into play.

Lam portrays a Loving Prince sacrificing his all for a better life for all his people, a Scheming Rebel (against the Ming Emperor), a faithful partner (for his love towards a Han played by Charmaine Sheh), a dilemma ridden friend (towards Han played by Bosco Wong).

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TVB series in 2006

Women on the Run • The Bronze Teeth III • Under the Canopy of Love • The Biter Bitten • Welcome to the House • Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion • A Pillow Case of Mystery • Safe Guards • Bar Benders • La Femme Desperado• Trimming Success • Men in Pain • The Saviour of the Soul • Maidens' Vow • At Home With Love • Glittering Days • The Conquest • Greed Mask • The Dance of Passion • Forensic Heroes • Love Guaranteed • C.I.B. Files • Land of Wealth • To Grow with Love • Dicey Business • Net Deception • The Romancing Spirit • The Battle Against Evil • The Outlaw Hunter • Chien Lung Dynasty • Good Against Evil • Vagabond Vigilante • Where Are They Now?