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Five Easy Pieces

1980 · 1 season

A slow-burning, earnest family saga that draws you into its tangled relationships and quiet betrayals.

Created by
Kam Kwok-Leung
Genres
Drama
Starring
Adam Cheng Siu-Chow, Carol Cheng, Louise Lee Sze-Kei
Overview
Five Easy Pieces is a TVB television series, premiered on 4 August 1980. Theme song "Five Easy Pieces" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Adam Cheng.

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Created by
Kam Kwok-Leung
Genres
Drama
Starring
Adam Cheng Siu-Chow, Carol Cheng, Louise Lee Sze-Kei
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
  • fate
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Created by
Kam Kwok-Leung
Starring
Adam Cheng Siu-Chow, Carol Cheng, Louise Lee Sze-Kei, Shek Sau, Sylvia Lai, Maggie Lee, Wong Wan-Sze, Dominic Lam Ka-wah
Length
1 seasons, 28 episodes
Network
TVB Jade
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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