The Superpower

{{Short description|1980s Hong Kong television series}}

{{about|the Hong Kong TV show|other|Superpower (disambiguation)}}

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| genre = Fantasy
Science Fiction
Comedy drama

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| starring = Chow Yun-fat
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

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| opentheme = (天降財神) by Alan Tam

| endtheme = by Alan Tam

| composer = Joseph Koo

| country = Hong Kong

| language = Cantonese

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| num_episodes = 20Dianying.com. "[http://www.dianying.com/ft/title/tjc1983/link Dianying.com]." Date and episode number. Retrieved on 2011-02-16.

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| runtime = 45 minutes

| channel = TVB

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|1983|3|21}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|1983|4|15}}

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The Superpower (天降財神) is a TVB Scifi television series, premiered in Hong Kong in 1983.

Synopsis

An extraterrestrial alien who crashed from space landed in Hong Kong, nearly dying from the crash. He survived by inhabiting a human corpse (Chow Yun-fat) and was saved by Kwok Hak-cung, (Tony Leung) who gave him water. The alien then helped Kwok in things such as winning lotteries and other aspects of life.

Cast

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! Cast !! Role !! Description

Chow Yun-fatAlien Tin yat (天日)Alien who inhabited a human body
Tony LeungKwok Hak-zung (郭克松)
Barbara Chan (陳敏兒)Hoeng Ho-yan (向可人)
Patricia Chong (莊靜而)Cheung Si-man (張思敏)

References