Chinese Movies Slot in the Month of August

Sad Movie
Telecast date: 1 August 2009, Sat, 8.30pm

The film focuses on the stories about four relationships and their trials, pains, heartaches, and subsequent separations. The plot lines eventually connect in some way, but they remain unrelated for the most part. The first story tells of a firefighter and his girlfriend named Su-Jung who works in a TV station as a news translator for the mute. She's waiting for him to propose, focused on the rationale that given his dangerous job, she likes the idea of him having to think of her, to hesitate for a while before jumping into danger. He, on the other hand, is waiting for that perfect opportunity, setting and all, before popping the question. The second story is about a mute girl who works as a costume character in a theme park. There she meets a young artist who she begins to develop feelings for quickly; yet refuses to take off her mask in front of him for quite some time. The third story is of a mother and child. The mother was too busy to spend time with her young son, until an illness confines her to a hospital bed. There the mother and son begin to communicate more and more. Lastly, the story of a boy and girl who have just broken up. The girl's reason being that she needs a more stable guy with a good job. The unemployed ex-boyfriend goes off and finds himself a job helping other couples break up. Hoping that if he earns enough money, he could woo his loved one back.

Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Yeo Jin Gu, Jung Woo Sung, Kim Seung Cheol, Lee Ki Woo, Im Su Jeong, Shin Min A, Son Tae Yeong, Yum Jung Ah

Chinese Odyssey

Telecast date: 8 July 2009, Sat, 8.30pm

Inspired by the Chinese classic "A Journey to the West,'' this film has the Monkey King reincarnated in human form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, the Longevity Monk, were punished to stay human until they could complete the journey to the west. Pursued by a motley group of mythical beings whose ulterior motive is to locate Longevity Monk’s whereabouts and devour his flesh, Joker soon finds himself subjected to extreme emotions of love and loss. Everything is a welter of randomness until he finds and opens the Pandora’s Box, which carries him down memory lane to a land of nothingness five hundred years earlier …

Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Athena Chu

Chinese Odyssey II

Telecast date: 15 July 2009, Sat, 8.30pm

Towards the end of Part I, Joker opens the Pandora’s Box in order to save the life of his beloved, only to find himself transported back in time through memory lane to five hundred years earlier.

There Joker is destined to meet Cinderella, a woman who will change his life altogether. He will fall madly in love with her. He will also witness, and relive, the scene of the Monkey King being subdued by Bodhisattva. Reacquainted with the importance of Longevity Monk's journey to help suffering people, Joker finally agrees to become the Monkey King again and complete the journey to the west with his master. In doing so, however, he must let go of all worldly desires, including love.

Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Athena Chu

Premiere on Free TV

Cinderella

Telecast date: 22 August 2009, Sat, 8.30pm

Hyeon-su is a normal girl on summer break. Hyeon-su's mother is a plastic surgeon who has coincidentally operated on all of Hyeon-su's friends. Her friends discover that all of them saw something very strange and very frightening when they went under the knife. Hyeon-su's mother is keeping a secret that is somehow connected to this ghost that is haunting all of her patients, and Hyeon-su takes it upon herself to figure out what's going on before more of her friends kill themselves, or worse.

Cast: Sin Se Kyung, Do Ji Won

Premiere on Free TV

Merdeka Movie Special

Super Fans

Telecast date: 29 August 2009, Sat, 8.30pm

Sum Lee (DJ Sammy) and Yan Yee (Kevin Cheng) are rival singers, and Susie (Charlene Choi) is a super fan of Sum. Completely obsessed with Sum, Susie is willing to do anything for him, even attack Yan Yee with the nastiest of tricks. Susie's dream comes true when Sum by chance asks her to be his substitute assistant. But that's how she discovers the darker side of the real-life Sum, and after that she realizes Yan Yee isnt' that bad after all! There is also a rural postman (Leo Ku) who secretly admires her, accompanying her through all the crazy star-chasing.

Cast: Charlene Choi, Leo Ku, Kevin Cheng, Sammy Leung, Eric Kot