Eunuch & Carpenter is a Taiwanese television series set in the period when the eunuch Wei Zhongxian controlled the Chinese imperial court. Directed by Shao-feng Cheng and produced by Jui Lin and Chih-Hsiang Huang, the series stars Ke Huy Quan as Ba Da-jia, a fictional carpenter who accidentally entered the palace and intervened in political battles.[2] It was first broadcast in Taiwan on TTV from 15 November 1993 to 7 January 1994.[3][4]
| Eunuch & Carpenter | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Da tai jian yu xiao mu jiang, The Big Eunuch and the Little Carpenter[1] |
| Chinese | 大太監與小木匠 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dà tài jiàn yǔ xiǎo mù jiàng |
| Genre | Historical drama, Black Comedy |
| Screenplay by | Chih-Hsiang Huang |
| Directed by | Shao-feng Cheng |
| Starring | Ke Huy Quan[1] |
| Opening theme | Wǒ bèi qīng chūn zhuàng lĕ yī xià yāo (我被青春撞了一下腰) performed by Chang Chen |
| Ending theme | Rén shēngyǒu wèi (人生有味) performed by Ram Chiang |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jui Lin Chih-Hsiang Huang |
| Production location | Taiwan |
| Running time | 60 minutes per episode (including commercials) |
| Production company | TTV |
| Original release | |
| Network | TTV |
| Release | 15 November 1993 – 7 January 1994 |
Cast
edit- Ke Huy Quan as Ba Da-jia (voice by Shi Ban-Yu [5])
- Ming-Chie Kuang as Yuan Xiao-yu
- Ku Feng as Wang An
- Chin Chi as Zhang Qian
- Chien Te-men as Li Jin-zhong (later Wei Zhongxian)
- Man-Ning Hsi as Madame Ke
- Min Chiang as Zhang Ben-ru
- Shao-feng Cheng as Yuan Bu-fan
- Siqin Gaowa as Consort Li
- Wen-shu Yang as Noble Consort Zheng
- Hsin-chih Chiu as Crown prince (later Tianqi Emperor)
- Ping-Chun Cheng as Ke Guang-xian
- Yu Wang as Taichang Emperor
- Kuei-Pei Chiang as Yang Lian
- Jing Fang as Ba Da-zhu
- Heng Yu as Wang Ti-qian
- Ling Huang as Empress Zhang
- Qing Zhao as Zhu You-jian
References
edit- ^ a b Della Cai (2022-12-06). "Ke Huy Quan's True Hollywood Comeback". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "大太監與小木匠". 台視 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ 劉桂蘭、梁岱琦 (1993-11-07). "大太監 單挑 鬼丈夫". 聯合晚報 (in Traditional Chinese).
- ^ "大太監與小木匠 體乾設下鴻門宴". 民生報 (in Traditional Chinese). 1994-01-07.
- ^ "關繼威30年前演出「台灣八點檔」畫面曝光 網驚：原來是他". 聯合新聞網 (in Traditional Chinese). 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-18.