# Dark Tales

Dark Tales is a series of Hong Kong television period supernatural dramas that originally aired on Jade from 18 March 1996 to 1 May 1998, consisting of two installments with 75 episodes. Based on Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling's series of supernatural tales called Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Dark Tales is produced by TVB and stars a cast of mainly Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors.

## Dark Tales I

Dark Tales I (聊齋) originally aired on Jade every weekday evening from 18 March to 5 May 1996, and is produced by Lau Sze-yu and Chou Ling-kang, consisting of 35 episodes. It features six independent stories, adapted from the first ten books of Pu's novel.

### Part I (Episodes 1–5)

Part I (流光情劫; lit. "Stealing Love Through Time") is adapted from the tale Mr. Lu's Daughter (魯公女).
* Jamie Weng as Chang Yu-dan (張於旦)
* Cynthia Khan as Lu Chin-tsai / Lu Han-chu (魯金采／盧含珠)
* Chao Chung as You Feng-wen (游鳳紋)
* Gary Chan as Crown Prince (鹿王三太子)
* Jessie Chan as Siao Chui (小翠)
* Hsieh Han as Master Hui-tong (慧通大師)
* Chen Hung-lieh as Uncle Shen (沈叔)
* Suen Kwai-hing as Tien Tor Chi
* Chan Chung-gin as Emperor Crown (鹿王)
* Suen Dalong as Young Chang Yu-dan (十八歲張於旦)
* Kwok Tak-shun as Governor (戶部)
* Lily Liu as Governor's wife (戶部夫人)
* Cho Chai as Lu An (盧安)
* Wong Te-fen as Hong Er (紅兒)
* Shi Yun as Magistrate (縣令)
* Howie Huang as General (少將軍)
* Yip Jan-wa as Ming (阿明)
* Yip Yung as Cheng (阿政)

### Part II (Episodes 6–10)

Part II (俠女田郎; lit. Heroine Tian) is adapted from the tale Tian Chi-lang (田七郎).
* Cheung Siu-fai as Wu Cheng-hsiu (武承休)
* Chin Siu-ho as Tian Chi-lang (田七郎)
* Cynthia Khan as Liu Mu-lian (劉木蓮)
* Josephine Lam as Wu Cheng-hsiu's wife (武承休夫人)
* Chao Chung as Su Yue (素月)
* Michelle Fung as Cheng Chu (程菊)
* Wilson Tsui as Li Ying (李應)
* Joseph Lee as Lin Er (林二)
* Wong Siu-lung as Siao Wu (小五)
* Leung Yuk-gan as Su Su (蘇蘇)
* Sally Chen as Tian's Mother (田母)
* Chen Hung-lieh as Yan Tao-sheng (嚴道生)
* Derek Kok as Yan Hou (嚴候)
* Hui Man-chuen as Yan Yung (嚴用)
* Chan Wing-chun as Wei Ming (魏明)
* Jack Wong as the Emperor (皇帝)
* Ho Bik-kin as Manager Wang (王掌櫃)
* Sun Dalong as Chiang Chiu (蔣九)
* Shiu Cheuk-hiu as Bali (巴利)
* Yip Yung as Balu (巴魯)
* Tie Meng-qiu as Eunuch Yu

### Part III (Episodes 11–15)

Part III (古劍幽靈; lit. "Ancient Ghost Sword") is adapted from the tale Chin Sheng-se (金生色).
* Jamie Weng as Chin Sheng-se (金生色)
* Chiang Shu-na as Siao Wen (小雯)
* Elizabeth Lee as Mu Yue-chin (木月琴)
* Derek Kok as Mu Ma-biao (木麻彪)
* Alice Fung as Mrs. Mu (木夫人)
* Tam Yat-ching as Mu Ying-hao (木英豪)
* Kwong Wing-fai as Mu Hsing (木興)
* Yip Yung as Mu Long (木隆)
* Joseph Lee as Tung Kwai (董貴)
* Cheng Zhuan as Tung Wu (董五)
* Hsieh Han as Tung Bi-cheng (董必成)
* Kwan Yi as Grandma Chin (金姥姥)
* Wilson Tsui as Chin Sheng-kwang (金生光)
* Lily Li as Mother Bo (鴇母)
* Chan Pui-shan as Tao Hung (桃紅)
* Ho Sam as Prostitute
* Chan Heung-ying as Prostitute
* Chan Wing-chun as Wang Hsiung (王雄)
* Brian Wong as Liu Shi-hu (劉仕虎)
* Tie Meng-chiu as Yu Chi-yung (俞繼榮)

### Part IV (Episodes 16–20)

Part IV (狐仙報恩; lit. "Fox Spirit Repays Debt") is adapted from the tale Siao Chui (小翠).
* Gallen Lo as Wang Yuan-feng (王元豐)
* Grace Yu as Siao Chui (小翠)
* Howie Huang as Wang Kuo-ying (王國英)
* Chen Hung-lieh as Wang Tai-cheng (王太常)
* Sally Chen as Mrs. Wang (王夫人)
* Chau Ching as Wang Yu-chi (王玉芝)
* Lily Li as Yu (虞氏)
* Kwan Yi as Liu (劉媒婆)
* Kwong Ming-fai as Chi Er (喜兒)
* Gary Chan as the Emperor (皇帝)
* Lee Lung-kee as Mao Song-nian (毛松年)
* Kwan Ching as Yu Hsu (玉虛道長)
* Law Suet-ling as Pang Er (胖兒)
* Hui Man-chuen as Wang Fei (王非)
* Fung So-bor as Madam Wang Chao (王曹氏)
* Josephine Lam as Fifth Aunt (五姨太)
* Cheng Pak-lun as Yuan Chung (袁忠)
* Chan Wing-chun as Chi He (祈和)
* Wan Sheung-yin as Empress Dowager (太后)

### Part V (Episodes 21–25)

Part V (翁婿鬥法; lit. "Fight of the In-Laws") is adapted from the tale Chang-ting (長亭).
* Howie Huang as Shi Da-bu / Fifth Brother (石大璞／五師兄)
* Grace Yu as Weng Chang-ting (翁長亭)
* Chen Hung-lieh as Old Weng (翁老兒)
* Lily Li as Mrs. Weng (翁妻)
* Lee Lung-kee as a Taoist abbot
* Yip Jan-wa as Big Brother (大師兄)
* Yip Yung as Second Brother (二師兄)
* Suen Dalong as Third Brother (三師兄)
* Brian Wong as Fourth Brother (四師兄)
* Cheng Zhuan as Sixth Brother (六師兄)
* Hsieh Han as Old Mr. Shi (石老爹)
* Kwan Yi as Old Mrs. Shi (石老娘)
* Wong Siu-lung as Shi Da-kwai (石大珪)
* Amy Fan as Shi Siao-ying (石小英)
* Wong Chun-kam as Kao Kwai-chi (高桂枝)
* Ling Lai-man as Mr. Kao (高員外)
* Lau Kwai-fong as Mrs. Kao (高夫人)
* Wa Chung-nam as Kao's housekeeper (高管家)
* Fung Hiu-man as Weng Hung-ting (翁紅亭)
* Chan Pui-shan as Siao Yan (小燕)
* Wilson Tsui as Hua Hua Tai Sui (花花太歲)

### Part VI (Episodes 26–35)

Part VI (秋月還陽; lit. "Chiu-yue Returns from Death") is adapted from the tale Wu Chiu-yue (伍秋月).
* Gallen Lo as Wang Ting (王鼎)
* Grace Yu as Wu Chiu-yue (伍秋月)
* Chen Hung-lieh as Wang Nai (王鼐)
* Josephine Lam as Wang Nai's wife, Liu (柳氏)
* Dai Siu-man as Wang Cheng (王誠)
* Hui Man-chuen as Wang An (王安)
* Amy Fans as Yuan Yuan-yuan (袁圓圓)
* Wilson Tsui as Octopus (八爪魚)
* Joseph Lee as Magistrate Peng (彭縣令)
* Cheng Fan-sang as King Yan
* Lau Dan as Chiu-yue's father, Wu Yuan (伍員)
* Derek Kok as Big Head Ghost (大頭鬼)
* Brian Wong as Three-eyed Ghost (三眼鬼)
* Lily Li as Ten Face Nun (十面尼)

## Dark Tales II

Dark Tales II (聊齋貳) originally aired on Jade every weekday evening from 9 March to 1 May 1998, and is produced by Lau Sze-yu, consisting of 40 episodes. It features eight independent stories, adapted from the first fifteen books of Pu's novel.

### Part I (Episodes 1–5)

Part I (陸判奇談; lit. "Interesting Tales of Judge Lu") is adapted from the tale Judge Lu (陸判).
* Evergreen Mak as Chu Er-dan (朱爾旦)
* Celine Ma as Madam Chiao (嬌娘)
* Angie Cheong as Chang Yun-luo (章雲蘿)
* Felix Lok as Judge Lu (陸判)
* Marco Lo as Li Chi-chiao (黎子喬)

### Part II (Episodes 6–10)

Part II (綠野飛仙; lit. "Flying Immortal in the Wilderness") is adapted from the tale Ying (阿英).
* Jackie Lui as Kan Yu (甘鈺)
* Noel Leung as Ah Ying (亞英)
* May Kwong as Chin Chi-niao (秦吉鳥)
* Derek Kok as Lang Wen-hsien (郎文軒)
* Elvina Kong as Rouge (胭脂)
* Chen Xiaoyun as Lotus Fairy (蓮花仙子)
* Chan Chung-kin as Father Hao (郝老爹)
* Samuel Yau as Chao Da-shan (趙大山)
* Wilson Tsui as Prince Ying (鷹王)
* Kwan Ching as Mountain Spirit (山妖)
* Suen Kwai-hing as Senior (長老)
* Lily Li as Aunt Yeung (楊大媽)

### Part III (Episodes 11–15)

Part III (鬼母痴兒; lit. "Ghostly Mother, Devoted Son") is adapted from the tale Siang-chun (湘裙).
* Derek Kok as Shi Yun-ting (石雲庭)
* Louisa So as Siang-chun (湘裙)
* Benny Chan as Shi Tian-sheng (石天生)
* Joyce Chan as Hsia Sue (夏雪)
* Chan Dik-hak as Shi Yun-hsien (石雲軒)
* So Yan-chi as Hsien's wife
* Chan On-ying as Mute Chuan (啞娟)

### Part IV (Episodes 16–20)

Part IV (陰差陽錯; lit. "Accidental Mistake") is adapted from the tale Wang Lu-lang (王六郎).
* Evergreen Mak as Wang Lu-lang (王六郎)
* Rain Lau as Hsu Dan-feng (許丹鳳)
* Chan Wing-chun as Underworld guardian (鬼差)
* Felix Lok as Hsu Ban-hsian (許半仙)

### Part V (Episodes 21–25)

Part V (花醉紅塵; lit. "World of Drunk Flowers") is adapted from the tale Madam Hsin Shi-si (辛十四娘).
* Patrick Tam as Feng Shao-you (馮少游)
* Noel Leung as Madam Hsin Shi-si (辛十四娘)
* Dickson Li as King Bee (蜂王)
* Melissa Ng as Flower Spirit (花妖)
* Chang Wing-Chun as Emperor's Bodyguard
* Lily Li as Fox Spirit granny (狐狸婆婆)

### Part VI (Episodes 26–30)

Part VI (隔世追情; lit. "Chasing Love Across Time") is adapted from the tale Chin-se (錦瑟).
* Joey Leung as Yang Da-yung (楊大勇)
* Louisa So as Sue Chin-se (薛錦瑟)
* Dickson Li as Yi Dao Sheng (一道生)
* Gordon Liu as Kao Ni (高聻)
* Akina Hong as Siao Siang (小香)
* Wilson Tsui as Chuang Tie-niu (莊鐵牛)
* Chan On-ying as Chiao Lan (嬌蘭)
* Celine Ma as Toad Spirit (蛤蟆)
* Ng Man-sang as Gecko Spirit (壁虎)
* Andy Tai as Monk Huo-yun (火雲僧人)
* Helen Ma as Ms. Hsu (徐氏)
* Felix Lok as Sue Po-ling (薛柏齡)

### Part VII (Episodes 31–35)

Part VII (魅影靈狐; lit. "Phantom Fox Spirit") is adapted from the tale Lian Siang (蓮香).
* Benny Chan as Sang Siao (桑曉)
* Rain Lau as Lian Siang (蓮香)
* Florence Kwok as Li Chiu-rong (李秋蓉)
* Joyce Chan as Miao Ah-hsiu (苗阿秀)

### Part VIII (Episodes 36–40)

Part VIII (斬妖神劍; lit. "Demon Sword") is adapted from the tale Lady Hua (花姑子).
* Jackie Lui as An Chun-yang (安君陽)
* Angie Cheong as Lady Hua (花姑子)
* Cheng Pak-lun as the Thunder God (雷神)
* Lily Liu as Lady Hua's mother
* Florence Kwok as Po Ching-ching (白晶晶)
* Derek Kok as Chian Chi-liang (錢七兩)
* Lily Li as Fox Demon's mother (花姑子母)