Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles

Released: 2012-10-22

Runtime: 44 minutes

Episode Overview

Hong Kong Chinese barrister CHUNG CHEUK-MAN is well renowned in the legal field as well as in the local community. With his special status in Hong Kong, even the newly appointed Colonial Secretary ROBERTSON holds him in high regard. MAN’s second wife, YEE-YIN, also a former princess of the fallen Qing Dynasty, gets insulted by a local rich man and a Caucasian guy in public. Seriously offended, MAN gives the men a lecture at once and urges the westerner to apologize to YIN in Chinese. MAN’s first and third wives, KOO SUM-LAN and YIK YEE-FONG, who have been waiting for YIN in the temple for a whole day, are starting to lose their temper. During his meeting with ROBERTSON, MAN is asked to help lobby the Hong Kong Chinese Business Association (HKCBA) to stop the price gouging on rice……

Series Overview

The 1930s Hong Kong is the time of the East and West cultural shock. Women started fighting for their rights and status, changing the 'men superior to women' image. Famous barrister Sir Arthur Chung studied in England and lives a British lifestyle, but inside he's actually a traditional Chinese man. He married several wives to show off his power and upper-class status. First wife Koo Sam-lan was a rich girl; second wife is former Qing dynasty princess Aisin Gioro Yee-yin; third wife came from a family that owned banks Yvonne Yik; fourth wife is a famous Peking opera singer Hong Tsz-kwan; and the fifth wife Chui Dan-dan, a vanity admiring woman. Because Sir Arthur Chung is a strict and authoritarian father, his two sons Charles Chung and Jimmy Chung eventually start going against him. This wealthy and prominent family may seem warm on the surface, but in reality, they are scattered and disunited.