A Bride for a Ride — Season 1, Episode 1: Episode 1
Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 45 min • 1 season, 21 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
People say that a dragon is attacking Mui Lung County and lots of poultries are being killed. Chief guard of the county, TIGER WONG, and his teammates perform dragon dancing to lure the dragon. Besides safeguarding the county, TIGER is keen to kill the dragon because the girl SZE MUNG LO promises to marry the one who killed the dragon since her father was killed by the dragon. Gifted man CHOW MAN BUN is being attacked by the dragon on his way to attend the government examinations. BUN has no choice but to hide away in his cousin CHUK CHI SHAN's home. BUN later kills the dragon with TIGER. TIGER burns the books and money of BUN accidentally and he tries to make compensation by buying his calligraphy. TIGER's younger sister SAU YING loves arts and calligraphy very much so TIGER sends her the calligraphy. SAU YING used to admire BUN a lot but she is very disappointed to see his latest works for it's not as good as before.… ...
About A Bride for a Ride
A Bride for a Ride is a 2009 Hong Kong television series based on the traditional Pingtan story of the same name. Set during the prosperous Ming Dynasty of China, the drama revolves around the rich and influential Wong family and their comedic ties with Chow Man-bun, a young and handsome scholar who has a specialty in cross-dressing. To prove his worth to Wong Sau-ying, his ideal lover, he cross dresses as a beauty in a lantern festival so he can get closer to her. Sau-ying's older brother, Tiger Wong, sees Man-bun's beauty and kidnaps him home. A Bride for a Ride consists of elements of Cantonese opera. Chin Kar-lok, who stars as Tiger Wong, is also the drama's action choreographer.