

A Step Into The Past
2001-10-15 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.7
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 the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.
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- Creators
- Wai-kin Chong
- Production companies
- TVB
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Louis Koo項少龍
Kwong Wa連晉 / 嫪毐
Jessica Hsuan Huen烏廷芳
Sonija Kwok Sin-Nae琴清 / 秦青
Raymond Lam Fung趙盤 / 嬴政
Joyce Tang Lai-Ming善柔
Michelle Saram趙倩
Waise Lee Chi-Hung趙穆
Eileen Yeow朱姬
Samuel Kwok Fung呂不韋
Sidney Yim趙雅
Power Chan Kwok-Pong李斯
Derek Kwok Jing-Hung王翦
Yu Chi-Ming鄒衍
Joyce Koi龍陽君
Lee Lung-Kei秦莊襄王
Sherming Yiu Lok-Yee呂娘蓉
Lee Hoi-Sang蒙驁
Wong Wai-Leung趙高
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