Placebo Cure is a Hong Kong modern serial drama produced by TVB and starring Sunny Chan, Joyce Tang and Kevin Cheng.[1] The drama was filmed from November 2003 to early 2004 and was first released overseas in May 2005. It was then aired in Hong Kong on Super Sun's TVB Drama channel from 30 May to 24 June 2005. It was then aired on TVB Jade from 19 October to 16 November 2006.

Placebo Cure
Promo poster
心理心裏有個謎
GenreModern drama
Written byLau Choi Wan
Choi Suk Yin
StarringSunny Chan
Joyce Tang
Kevin Cheng
Cherie Kong
Stephen Au
Fiona Yuen
Theme music composerLau Wai King
Opening themeHeart Knot (心結) by Hacken Lee
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerKwan Wing Chung
Production locationHong Kong
Camera setupMulti camera
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade
Release19 October (2006-10-19) –
16 November 2006 (2006-11-16)
Placebo Cure
Traditional Chinese心理心裏有個謎
Simplified Chinese心理心里有个谜
Literal meaning"A Riddle Inside Psychology"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīn Lǐ Xīn Lǐ Yǒu Gè Mí
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSam1 Lei5 Sam1 Leoi5 Jau2 Go3 Mai5

Cast

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Main cast

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Cast Role Description
Sunny Chan Man Ka Wo (Wallace)
萬家和
Psychology therapist
Has erectile dysfunction and panic disorder on fork shaped items
Joyce Tang Ying Ling San
應靈山
Feng Shui master
Pretended to have dissociative identity disorder
Cheung Cho Yiu's ex-girlfriend
Man Ka Wo's girlfriend
Kevin Cheng Cheng Cho Yiu (Joe)
張祖堯
Psychiatric
Pursued Fong Nga Yin and Ying Ling San
Cherie Kong (江芷妮) Fong Nga Yin (Carmen)
方雅妍
Man Ka Wo's secretary
Lesbian
Ying Fung's girlfriend
Once tried to pursue Man Ka Wo
Stephen Au Lung Kam Wai
龍錦威
Cop
Yu Siu Mei's husband
Once has false pregnancy symptoms
Fiona Yuen Yu Siu Mei (May)
余小薇
Masseur
Man Ka Wo's ex-girlfriend
Lung Kam Wai's wife

Other cast

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Cast Role Description
Law Lok Lam (羅樂林) Man Ching Leung
萬正良
Man Ka Hing, Man Ka Wo and Man Ka Lok's father
Fung So Po (馮素波) Man Tam Yuk Ying
萬談玉英
Man Ka Hing, Man Ka Wo and Ma Ka Lok's mother
Elementary school principal
Gilbert Lam Man Ka Hing (Jeff)
萬家興
Man Ka Wo's older brother
Natalie Tong Man Ka Lok
萬家樂
Man Ka Hing and Man Ka Wo's younger sister
Samuel Kwok (郭峰) Koo Yin
顧言
Man Ka Wo's teacher
Eileen Yeow Ying Fung>br>邢楓 Nurse
Fong Nga Yin's girlfriend
Lesbian
Felix Lok Ying Tin Ming
應天命
Ying Ling San's father
Feng Shui master
Has a fear of fire
Has post-traumatic stress disorder
Cecilia Fong (方伊琪) Kong Lai Wah
江麗華
Fong Nga Yin's mother
Ying Tin Ming's first love
Yu Siu Mei's colleague
Has hallucinations due to alcoholism
Koo Ming Wah (古明華) Wan Kim Fei
雲劍飛
Ying Ling San's friend
Loves Fong Nga Yin
Wong Man Piu (黃文標) Fong Wing Yan
方永仁
Kong Lai Wah's ex-husband
Fong Nga Yin's father
Died from industrial accident ten years ago
Choi Kwok Hing (蔡國慶) Father Lung
龍父
Lung Kam Wai's father
Lily Li Mother Lung
龍母
Lung Kam Wai's mother
Marco Loo (盧永匡) Kwong Boy
光仔
Drawing artist
Has inherited yellow spots
Loves Man Ka Lok
Lee Hoi Sang (李海生) Father Kwong
光父
Kwong's father
Timothy Cheng (鄭子誠) Wong Yiu Fu
黃耀富
Man Ka Hing's boss
Has erectile dysfunction and touch deficit disorder hysteria
Ng Wai San (伍慧珊) Mrs. Wong
黃太
Wong Yiu Fu's ex-wife
Fanny Ip (葉凱茵) Chan Wing Kei (Angel, Joan)
陳詠琪
Had a relationship with Man Ka Hing
Has split personality
Johnathan Lee (李日昇) Sing Boy
星仔
Has Tourette syndrome
Joseph Yeung (楊瑞麟) Wai
阿偉
Ying Fung's ex-husband
Cindy Au Fifi Wong Singer
Has theft addiction
Steven Ho (何啟南) Jimmy Manager
Chuk Man Kwan (祝文君) Stella Man Ka Wo's former secretary
Eddie Li (李岡龍) Stella's husband
Janice Shum (沈可欣) Oliver Once had breast cancer
Has social panic disorder, anxiety disorder and sick of lies
Fong Nga Yin's friend
Ngai Wai Man (魏惠文) Ben Candy's husband
So Lai Ming (蘇麗明) Candy Maggie's younger sister
Chan Nim Kwan (陳念君) Maggie Candy's older sister
Has sleepwalking
Suen Kwai Hing (孫季卿) Chow Pak
周伯
Man Ching Leung's friend
Has Alzheimer's disease
Poon Chi Lui (潘芷蕾) Chow Pak's daughter
Deceased
Bruce Li (李鴻杰) Salsa Club owner
Heidi Chu Fa
阿花
Ying Tin Ming's ex-girlfriend
Destroyed face due to fire burn
Claire Yiu Kelly Wong
Lam Pui Kwan (林佩君) Tsang Kwok Kuen
曾國權
Kelly's wife
Later transgender
Changed name to Chung Wai Ching (鍾慧貞)
Kwok Tak Shun (郭德信) Uncle Po
波叔
Has dependency disorder
Casper Chan (陳思齊) Wing Uncle Po's daughter
Stephen Wong Rex Wing's boyfriend
Karen Lee (李彩寧) Yu Chit Fong
余哲芳
Liu Kai-chi Uncle Ping
平叔
Enjoys cross-dressing
Celine Ma (馬蹄露) Lee Yuen Chi / Chung's mother
李沅芷/忠母
Cheng Wing Chung's mother
Ying Ling San's Middle school classmate
Had plastic surgery and made face similar to Chubg's mother
Deno Cheung (張松枝) Cheng Wing Chung
鄭榮忠
Lee Yuen Chi's boyfriend
Has Oedipus complex and schizophrenia
Kwong Cho Fai (鄺佐輝) Cheung Cho Yiu's mother
Mary Hon Cheung Cho Yiu's mother
Leung Kin Ping (梁建平) Lam Chi Ping
林志平
Cindy's father
June Chan (陳琪) Cindy Had short term amnesia
Edward Mok (莫家堯) Don Cheung Cho Yiu's friend
Cindy's lover

References

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  1. ^ "TVB.com". Archived from the original on 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
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