A Step into the Past

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A Step into the Past

Official poster

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Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

尋秦記

Simplified Chinese

寻秦记

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xún Qín Jì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Cam4 Ceon4 Gei3

Genre

Historical fiction
Wuxia
Science fiction

Based on

Xun Qin Ji
by Huang Yi

Screenplay by

Wong Kwok-fai
Tong Kin-ping
Lau Choi-wun
Cheung Siu-fong
Ho Kwan-ngo

Directed by

Mun Wai-hung
Shek Ming-chuen
Lau Shun-on
Lam Tze-yan
Ng Kam-yuen

Starring

Louis Koo
Kwong Wa
Jessica Hsuan
Sonija Kwok
Raymond Lam
Joyce Tang
Michelle Saram
Waise Lee
Eileen Yeow
Sicney Yim
Kwok Fung

Theme music composer

Chiu Tsang-hei

Opening theme

Tin Ming Jui Ko (天命最高) by Louis Koo

Ending theme

Ngo Yuen Oi (我願愛) by Louis Koo

Country of origin

Hong Kong

Original language

Cantonese

No. of episodes

Production

Producer

Chong Wai-kin

Production locations

Hong Kong
Hengdian World Studios

Editors

Wong Kwok-fai
Tong Kin-ping

Camera setup

Multi camera

Running time

45 minutes per episode

Production company

TVB

Release

Original network

TVB Jade

Original release

15 October –
7 December 2001

Back to tướng the Past (TBD)

A Step into the Past is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to tướng the Warring States period of ancient Đài Loan Trung Quốc. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to tướng the first unification of Đài Loan Trung Quốc under the Qin dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to tướng 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.

A film sequel to tướng the series, titled Back to tướng the Past, is currently in post-production.

Plot[edit]

21st century Hong Kong[edit]

Hong Siu-lung is a 21st-century VIPPU special agent in Hong Kong. In the first episode, Hong and his colleagues stand guard at an exhibition of the First Emperor's Terracotta Army. One of Hong's colleagues notices that one of the terracotta warriors bears a striking resemblance to tướng Hong. Moments later, wealthy businessman Lee Siu-chiu is attacked and held hostage at the museum by a madman who had suffered losses in the stock market. Hong rescues Lee and defuses the crisis.

Hong is unhappy despite his success in his career. He has just broken up with his girlfriend, Chun Ching, after a seven-year-long relationship. She insisted that they wed but he preferred to tướng continue their relationship without a proper marriage. Chun married another man and Hong becomes depressed.

Time travelling[edit]

Impressed with Hong's rescue attempt, Lee Siu-chiu and Doctor Wu Yau recruit him for a secret time-travelling experiment. Hong agrees to tướng help them in exchange for an opportunity to tướng travel back in time to tướng salvage his failed relationship with Chun Ching. He is tasked to tướng travel back more than thở two thousand years to tướng the Qin dynasty, half an hour prior to tướng the coronation of Ying Ching in 247 BC, and document the sự kiện with a digital camera before a swift departure. However, a critical error occurs during the traveling stage and Hong is sent further back in time three years earlier than thở originally planned. He is now trapped in the Zhao state of the Warring States period in 250 BC.

In order to tướng return to tướng the future, Hong has to tướng make an arduous journey across thousands of miles in ancient Đài Loan Trung Quốc to tướng activate a device at a specific location and time. He was warned that making even a slight change in the grand scheme of events will trigger a chain reaction of catastrophes that will alter history.

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Warring states period[edit]

Hong enjoys a series of adventures in history. His knowledge of the 21st century, intelligence and experience as an elite special agent, as well as his prowess in martial arts, enables him to tướng make a strong stand in history. He enters the service of various lords and nobles, and becomes a valuable ally to tướng them. Concurrently, he becomes involved in romantic relationships with four women. The first, Sin-yau, is a wandering female assassin and the first person he meets after travelling back in time. The second, Wu Ting-fong, is the beautiful but spoiled daughter of a wealthy noble. The third is a pretty female scholar named Kam Ching, who resembles his 21st century girlfriend Chun Ching in appearance and shares a similar name (completely homophonic in Standard Mandarin). The last is Princess Chiu Sin, the daughter of the king of Zhao, who dies in a tragic incident later. He also befriends the king's sister Chiu Nga and her son Chiu Poon. Meanwhile, he foils the evil plans of Chiu Muk, a secret agent from the Chu state, and becomes Chiu's enemy. Chiu Muk's henchman Lin Chun also sees Hong as his greatest rival.

Destiny[edit]

Ying sees Hong as a valuable ally in his future endeavors and wants to tướng retain him as an adviser. However, Hong begins to tướng feel regret when he sees the evil creation of his efforts, fulfilling the predestination paradox. He is aware that he is not destined to tướng leave his mark in history and refuses to tướng stay in the imperial court. He leaves with Wu Ting-Fong and Kam Ching, who are both happily married to tướng him at last. Ying sends his troops to tướng pursue Hong and eventually decides to tướng exile Hong and decrees that the name "Hong Siu-lung" shall henceforth be purged from history. All books and historical records pertaining to tướng Hong are ordered to tướng be destroyed, which leads to tướng Qin Shihuang's notorious practice of the burning of books and burying of scholars.

Hong and his family find paradise in the plains far from the urban regions. Hong and Wu Ting-Fong have a son. In the final moments of the last episode, Hong's son tells him he wants to tướng change his name from Bowie to tướng Hong Yu, a man who historically become a prominent military general who overthrew the Qin dynasty but has a tragic over as he became a dictator. Hong then exclaims in English "Shit!"

Cast[edit]

Note: Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Main characters[edit]

Louis Koo as Hong Siu-lung (Chinese: 項少龍; pinyin: Xiàng Shàolóng), the protagonist of the story. Born in 1975, Hong was orphaned at the age of three and spent most of his childhood in foster care. Sociable, diligent and smart, Hong graduates to tướng VIPPU officer after only one year of training. When his girlfriend of seven years breaks up with him, Hong agrees on a time travelling project organised by Lee Siu-chiu on the condition that he will see his girlfriend again when he returns.
Raymond Lam as Chiu Poon / Ying Ching (Chinese: 趙盤 / 嬴政; pinyin: Zhào Pán / Yíng Zhèng), the son of Princess Chiu Nga and General Zhao Kuo. He is despised by other nobles due to tướng his mother's promiscuous reputation. After Hong rescues Lady Chu from the Zhao state, Chu mistakes Chiu as her deceased son, Ying Ching. Through Hong's coercion, also compounded by his personal lust for power and vengeance, Chiu becomes the crown prince of Qin and ascends to tướng the throne, subsequently becoming the First Qin Emperor, the First Emperor of a unified Đài Loan Trung Quốc.
Kwong Wa as Lin Chun / Lo Oi (Chinese: 連晉 / 嫪毐; pinyin: Lián Jìn / Lào Ǎi), a swordsman who used to tướng serve Chiu Muk. He is abandoned by Chiu after Hong injures his right arm in a duel. During his banishment, Lin meets Lo Oi, a left-handed swordsman. After convincing Lo to tướng teach him left-handed swordplay, he kills Lo and takes his identity.
Sonija Kwok as Chun Ching / Kam Ching (Chinese: 秦青 / 琴清; pinyin: Qín Qīng / Qín Qīng). Chun Ching was Hong's girlfriend of seven years, but broke up with him after he reneges the wedding promise. Hong agrees to tướng participate in a time-travelling project after he was assured that Chun Ching would return to tướng him. After Hong is transported to tướng two thousand years back, he meets Kam Ching, a female scholar who resembles Chun Ching in appearance and they develop a romantic relationship.
Jessica Hsuan as Wu Ting-fong (Chinese: 烏廷芳; pinyin: Wū Tíngfāng), the impulsive and spoiled daughter of the Qin loyalist Wu Ying-yuen. Although disgusted by Hong's flirtatious nature, she gradually becomes jealous of her own accord when she sees him with other maidens. Nonetheless, Wu develops a close friendship with Princess Chiu Sin and often visits her.
Joyce Tang as Sin-yau (Chinese: 善柔; pinyin: Shànróu), a female assassin. She was an orphan. She becomes the apprentice of Mohist practitioner Cho Chau-to, also becoming an assassin who kills people for money. She is the first person Hong meets after he is transported back in time.
Michelle Saram as Princess Chiu Sin (Chinese: 趙倩; pinyin: Zhào Qiàn), the daughter of King Hao-sing of Zhao. She develops feelings for Hong after he "rescues" her from the palace. She is also Hong's first love after he returns in time.
Waise Lee as Chiu Muk (Chinese: 趙穆; pinyin: Zhào Mù), a secret agent who works for the Chu state as a spy in Zhao.
Shirley Yim [zh] as Chiu Nga (Chinese: 趙雅; pinyin: Zhào Yǎ), the younger sister of the king of Zhao. She is Chiu Poon's mother and a close friend of Hong Siu-lung.

Supporting characters[edit]

Production and reception[edit]

This was the last television drama that Louis Koo acted in, as he had decided to tướng concentrate on his film career.^{[citation needed]} He has since worked on films such as Election and its sequel.

Raymond Lam, in his first major role, was highly praised for his breakthrough performance as Ying Ching, and rose to tướng fame quickly.^{[citation needed]} He has starred in numerous leading roles ever since.

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While filming in Zhuozhou, Hebei, Jessica Hsuan was stricken with cholera, causing her to tướng enter a local hospital.^[1] She remained in bed for over a month until she was able to tướng leave and start filming again. This caused Hsuan's character to tướng be absent for a while in the series. During her hospital stay, many of her co-stars, including Koo, visited her regularly.

After its 2005 midnight re-run, TVB decided to tướng release the complete series on DVD and VCD for the first time on November 18 in the same year. It also became the second TVB drama to tướng be released on DVD after War and Beauty, and the first to tướng receive a non-limited release.^{[citation needed]}

Film adaptation[edit]

In May năm ngoái, Koo's film production studio One Cool Film Productions (天下一電影製作有限公司) announced that it has obtained the rights to tướng adapt the series into a full-length feature film.^[2] Koo, who will also produce the film, confirmed that he will reprise his role as Hong Siu-lung.^[2] In March 2018, One Cool Film Productions (天下一電影製作有限公司) confirmed that it has cast Lam and Hsuan to tướng reprise their roles as Ying Ching and Wu Ting-fong, respectively.^[3] Jack Lai was hired to tướng direct, and the film title was announced to tướng be Back to tướng the Past.^[3] A year later in March 2019, Back to tướng the Past held its first press conference, also announcing that Kwok, Tang, and Saram will be returning, though it was not specified if they will be reprising their original roles.^[4]^[5] Ng Yuen-fai will co-direct alongside Lai. The film will be mix 19 years after the events of the original television series.^[4]