The Silver Chambers of Sorrow, 銀樓金粉

*Poster found from: Szeki World; posted by Blue_Angel_12

I am very excited to read that The Silver Chambers of Sorrow will be releasing on April 28th, 2008. The cast is very promising, and I think I like the majority of the cast even though they aren’t popular. This serie is somewhat referred to Heart of Greed ancient version, highlighting family feuds and schemes, but I think it’s also somewhat a little of War & Beauty crossed over with The Charmed Beneath too, while looking at pics and reading the plot. Like War & Beauty, it seems like it would focus on the main wife and the concubines and their feud/scheming with each other, and this seems like a serie the females would get more screen time and a better script. Then like The Charmed Beneath, I think they would be some focus on the patriarch’s children and their romance and lots of arguing from the ladies’ parts. Hopefully this serie would do well, but if TVB has faith to release it so early, then it must not be so bad right?

Well good script or not, I definitely think the acting would be something to look forward too. The majority of the older cast are veterans, so their performance should be stable if not better. The cast as a whole is refreshing to me since I don’t think this group worked together as much (compared to the same cast/couples used over and over again from HOG, Dance of Passion, Gem of Life). I am really interested in how the four wives are going to “duke it out”. Not to mention, it would be interesting to see the four actresses (Nancy Sit, Rebecca Sau, Christina Ng, and Nancy Wu) portray their characters. This serie is also, I believe, Ng Wai Kwok’s second serie since returning to TVB. I quite like watching him from The Drive of Life, so I look forward to his performance in this one as well. And of course, Shirley is also in this serie! I don’t actually like her character’s role and story from what I have read, and it doesn’t seem like a role with a lot of room for her to improve on, but maybe I would change my mind after watching.

I really like the poster of the cast above! It seems like the people to the left of Ng Wai Kwok are the antagonist or the trouble-makers, and the people to his right, are more of the protagonists. Especially like Christina Ng's tragic/sorrowful look! As for the promos, I like the promos focusing on the two lovers moreso than Nancy Sit and Christina Au and Nancy Wu, but both of them are too short though. Wonder when the themesong would come out?

Edit 4/21- Themevideo is added below from todou and youtube. I love the beginning when Nancy Sit does the voiceover which lists a series of human sorrows in life,..it automatically catches your attention. Very fitting with the title. As for the scenes in the themevideo, I anticipate a lot of crying and injustice but nothing really catches my eye though. The song is very beautiful, but it is also not catchy in the first hearing. I just wish the themesong was a bit longer.

Edit 4/23- Added intense trailer clip of this series below from Szeki World. Very intense clips, although a bit revealing about the plot....but nonetheless it seems like a very plot-driven series. Christine Ng seems to be the main female lead or at least the main focus. Can't wait to see how this series would fare for the HK viewers!

I. Themevideo:






II. Themesong sang by Ivana Wong, first few verses recited by Nancy Sit

王菀之 - 認命

獨白：天荒地老　最好忘記
笑也輕微　痛也輕微
生老病死　相聚分離
身不由己　心不由己

曾經我不太相信　定了宿命
曾經我想去反抗　命中注定
如果我感覺心跳 沒法安靜
誰願聽

在歲月裡飄和沉　是我的命運
無望中啞忍　痛苦中偷生
用愛換最傷教訓　妄想走近
因此生出了遺憾

如果我可以改變　就勇敢地
留住你

*Lyrics above found from here: http://www.littleoslo.com/lyc/home/?p=1248


III. Trailer & Promos(watch before Youtube takes them down....you know they will!!)

Intense Trailer (recommended) *found from Szeki World


Promo # 1:


Promo # 2:


To see poster of the serie and cast & more info: http://www.shirley-yeung.starszz.com/main.html

Silver Mansion Golden Dust; 銀樓金粉

Blessing Ceremony:




I'm looking forward to this serie, not only because Shirley is in this serie, but also because I like a majority of the people in the cast. None of them are that popular save for Nancy Sit and Shirley Yeung, so there probably isn't going to be a lot of hype with this serie. I really like Charmaine Li, and I think she has a lot of potential when it comes to acting. Whenever I see her onscreen, she just seems like she's very passionate acting her characters out. In the promotional book, they said Patrick Tang was in this serie, but there is no picture of him in the blessing ceremony. I wonder if he's still in it. If he is, this serie would be even better. I quite like Patrick Tang since I've liked all of his past characters. His acting could be improved, but nonetheless, he gives a decent performance most of the time.



I'm guessing this serie is about the silver business in the Man Chor period and a lot of women bickering? Heart of Greed Man Chor period lol? The English and Chinese titles don't really appeal to me that much. Anyhoo, this is what the cast's role so far.......

Chun Pui- Patriarch of the family
Nancy Sit- Chun Pui’s First Wife
Rebecca Chan- Chun Pui’s Second Wife
Christine Ng- Chun Pui’s Third Wife
Nancy Wu- Chun Pui’s Fourth Wife
Shirley Yeung- Maid of Third Wife?(She said in her blog that she is loyal to Christine Ng's character.)
Charmaine Li- Chun Pui's Daughter?
Matt Yeung- Chun Pui’s son
Jack Wu- Worker
Ng Wai Kwok- ?



Jack Wu will be having a romantic triangle with Shirley and Charmaine Li. I think he looks compatible with both Shirley and Charmaine. However, I read that......

"Shirley explained that she plays a maid in the series, which is a period drama set in the 1920's and in one scene, her character shows her body to the young master, played by Matt Yeung (揚明). She also has to film a scene where she is bathing under a waterfall and she said that she is quite worried about shooting this in the cold weather and keeping warm. She said she will also be bullied by Rebecca Chan (陳秀珠) in the show." from Batgwa.com

so I wonder if Shirley and Matt are a couple before or after Jack and her?

*Pictures from : Sina,Baidu 1,Baidu 2