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My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan

2016 · 1 season

A gentle, tense blend of domestic warmth and old gangland shadows, where past loyalties threaten a quiet family life.

Created by
Leung Choi Yuen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kent Cheng Jak-si, Tommy Wong, Alice Chan Wai
Overview
Ever since falling in love, former triad member Ho Keisong has put his former gang life behind to become a chef. Life is good as he and his wife make a good living at their small restaurant and their daughter works as an investment banker. But their happy family life is threatened when Keisong's former triad boss Lau Cheuknam is released from prison. Not only does Cheuknam wants to pull Keisong back into the triad life, but Keisong's marriage is also on the line as his wife was Cheuknam's girlfriend before his incarceration.

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Created by
Leung Choi Yuen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kent Cheng Jak-si, Tommy Wong, Alice Chan Wai
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • aging
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Leung Choi Yuen
Starring
Kent Cheng Jak-si, Tommy Wong, Alice Chan Wai, Eliza Sam, Joel Chan, Mat Yeung Ming, Kingdom Yuen King-tan, Jin Gang
Length
1 seasons, 25 episodes, 45 min each
Network
TVB Jade
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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