Poetic Justice (TV series)

Poetic Justice (微笑正义)
Publicity poster
Genre	Romance Mystery Media
Directed by	Wong Foon Hwee 黄芬菲 (ep1-4,17-20) 郭慧绮(ep5-8) 罗温温(ep9-16)
Starring	Rui En Dai Xiangyu Rebecca Lim Desmond Tan
Opening theme	不够勇敢 by Ding Dang
Ending theme	好难得 by Ding Dang 一个人不可能 by Ding Dang 奇异果 by Ding Dang
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer(s)	Paul Yuen 袁树伟
Running time	1 hour (with commercials)
Release
Original network	MediaCorp Channel 8
Original release	11 September – 8 October 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	Don't Stop Believin'
Followed by	Game Plan
External links
Website

Poetic Justice (Chinese: 微笑正义) is a Singaporean Chinese drama. It depicts the lives of a group of people doing investigative journalism, and will be telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It will make its debut on 11 September 2012. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm.

Unlike most locally produced series about crime, this series departs from the traditional police procedural style and focuses more on investigative journalism and the media.

Story

The plot revolves around a group of young professionals involved in investigative journalism. Two journalists team up with a wealthy businessman and a lawyer to help solve cases for those in need. As they investigate further, they uncover more secrets and dark truths behind some of the crimes.

Cast

Main Cast:

• Rui En as Liu Yanzhi
• Dai Xiangyu as Fang Zhengye
• Rebecca Lim as Feng Luoling
• Desmond Tan as Tang Zhisheng

Supporting Cast:

• Sora Ma as Zhong Ruiyao
• Guo Liang as Ouyang Qiu
• Adam Chen as Benny
• Ye Limei as Yuri
• Liu Yanxi as Liu Qingzi
• Yuan Shuai as Lin Zhonglun
• Zhu Houren as Fang Renhou
• Hong Huifang as Lin Huifang
• Priscelia Chan as Tammy
• Ng Hui as Sunny
• Jeffrey Xu as Paul
• Chen Tianwen as Huang-Ge

Special Appearances:

• Shane Pow as Alex
• Yao Wenlong as Ah De
• Richard Low as Mr Li
• Shine Koh as Wendy
• Ben Yeo as Adam
• Desmond Sim as Hong Weixiong
• Oh Ling En as Hong Kexin
• Jerry Yeo as He Youren
• Tracy Lee as Sun Jiale
• May Phua as Aileen
• Zheng Geping as David
• Pan Lingling as Fiona
• Aloysius Pang as Derek
• Xu Bin as Xiaohei
• Louis C. Hillyard as Roy
• Paige Chua as Liang Huiqin
• Adeline Lim as Liang Tingting
• Henry Thia as Gao Feng
• Teo Ser Li as Flora
• Sheila Tan as Joey
• Zen Chong as Eugene
• Brandon Wong as Eric

Overseas broadcast

This drama is one of the first dramas to be broadcast exclusive in Malaysia after its first telecast of two weeks.

Country of Broadcast	Broadcasting Network	Debut	Finale	Preceded by	Followed by
Malaysia	Astro Shuang Xing	27 September 2012 at 4.30pm, weekdays (encore on 28 September at 3.30pm, weekdays)	24 October 2012 (encore on 25 October)	Don't Stop Believin'	Game Plan
Thailand	Thairath TV	25 June 2015 at 9.00am-10.00am, Tuesdays-Fridays	29 July 2015	–	–[1]

Production

Filming for Poetic Justice took place from June to August 2012. This is the first show where Rui En and Dai Yang Tian collaborate as the main leads in a television drama.

Originally, this television drama was entitled Fair? Unfair? in English.

2013 Accolades

The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series are Don't Stop Believin' , Game Plan , Unriddle 2 & Pillow Talk

See also

• List of programmes broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8
• List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese Drama Series (2010s)
• List of Poetic Justice episodes

References

External links

• Poetic Justice on Facebook
• Poetic Justice on MediaCorp's corporate website