Brother's Keeper II
Brother's Keeper II is a Hong Kong television drama serial produced by Amy Wong and TVB. It is the sequel to 2013's Brother's Keeper, and takes place one year after the events of the original series. It stars Edwin Siu, Kristal Tin, Grace Chan, Louis Yuen, Jade Leung & Hugo Ng as the second installment of the series.
Brother's Keeper II premiered on 29 August 2016 on Hong Kong's TVB Jade. The final episode will air on 21 October 2016, totalling 39 episodes.
Brother's Keeper II differs from Brother's Keeper in types while the Brother's Keeper is focusing on historical events, the sequel is more focusing on the conflict within business.
Synopsis
After years of blood, sweat, and tears, Lo Wai-son and Yiu Man-ying finally succeeded in spreading their bakery chain, Pasterilia Lo Son Kei, across Hong Kong and Macau. Their growing influence starts to upset junket promoter-turned-property developer Ko Tin-tsau, who attempts to suppress their chain from spreading even further. Along with the betrayal of his close confidant Tsui Chi-lik, Wai-son starts to lose all hope.Overwhelmed by his chaotic world, Wai-son escapes to Okinawa, where he falls for a mysterious Hong Kong girl Nana. However, Wai-son’s special getaway also gets him entangled in an unsolved homicide that happened twenty years ago.
Meanwhile, Man-ying’s husband, Lung Fei, gets in an aviation accident and suffers a severe brain injury. He starts treating Man-ying like a stranger. Around this time, Wai-son’s older brother Sam suddenly makes a return to search for his lost love, Rachel. Facing setbacks in family, love, and business, what does Wai-son and Man-ying have to lose?
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Edwin Siu as Lo Wai-son : the owner of Pasterilia Lo Son Kei. Son started off as the owner of a small peanut brittle vendor in the streets of Macau, and eventually expanded his small mobile food business to a large multi-chained bakery shop. Son's story from rags to riches is inspired by the real-life story of Leong Chan-kuong, the owner of Macau's most famous bakery shop, Koi Kei
- Kristal Tin as Yiu Man-ying : Son's best friend and the co-owner of Pasterilia Lo Son Kei.
Recurring cast
- Ruco Chan as Sam Kiu : Son's older brother. A former Hong Kong police officer and an ex-convict, Sam returns to Hong Kong to start anew and to search for his ex-girlfriend, Rachel. In episode five, he finds Rachel in Okinawa and realizes she has died but finds out she is not dead and ends up getting married.
- Linda Chung as Rachel Cheuk : Sam's first lover and wife and fashion designer.
- Hugo Ng as Ko Tin-tsau : a wealthy property developer and the chairman of the Royal Condor Group. Prior to establishing the Royal Condor Group, Ko Tin-tsau was involved with the triads and is Son's enemy.
- Grace Chan as Ko Yee-na : known as Nana, Son's love interest. She is the adopted daughter of Ko Tin-tsau, and was educated in Okinawa, Japan.
- Jade Leung as Shum Mei-wa : Ko Tin-tsau's wife and a board member of the Royal Condor Group.
- Mat Yeung as Tsui Chi-lik : known as Luck, an ex-convict who befriends Son and Ying.
- Louis Yuen as Lung Fei : nicknamed Lung Siu ; Ying's husband and a close friend of Son. Educated overseas, Lung hails from a wealthy family in Macau, and works as an insurance sales agent.
- Tsui Wing as Ma Man-tai : known as Terri, a triad leader associated with Ko Tin-tsau.
- Steven Cheung as Piscine Ko —known as Pi, Ko Tin-tsau's adopted son and the legal consultant of the Royal Condor Group.
- Ali Lee as Chung Wing : Pi's girlfriend.
- Leanne Li as Emily Cheuk : Rachel's older sister.
- Susan Tse as Lau Lai-kuen : Rachel and Emily's mother.
- Lau Kong as Lo Fu-shing : Son's father.
- Becky Lee as Chief Inspector Mandy Yeung : Sam's close friend.
- Lisa Lau as Kwok Hoi-lam : Son and Fei's close friend and IT manager of Pasterilia Lo Son Kei.
- Chun Wong as Yiu Hang and Ho Yuen-tung as Yiu Ho-nam : respectively Ying's father and Ying's younger brother.
- Willie Wai as Szeto Biu : factory manager of Pasterilia Lo Son Kei.
- Yue Chi-ming as Lung Kwong-kam and Angelina Lo as Yuen Shuk-ngo : Fei's parents.
- Parkman Wong as Chung Kwok-po : Wing's father and a former police officer.
- Toshimitsu Ochi as Sawa Kaneshiro : Emily's Japanese boyfriend.
Viewership ratings
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International broadcast
- : 8TV
- : Channel U , VV Drama & Channel 8