Deep Garden is a 1987 Taiwanese mystery TV drama series based on romance novelist Chiung Yao's 1969 novel. The series was produced by Chiung Yao's husband Ping Hsin-tao and first shown on Chinese Television System. The title is taken from an 11th-century poem by Ouyang Xiu, which happens to be the favorite line of the mysterious female protagonist.
This series was one of the biggest hits in 1980s Taiwan. In Hong Kong it was broadcast on Asia Television. In Singapore it was shown on Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. In Vietnam it was shown as Xóm vắng ("Deserted Hamlet").
Cast Leanne Liu as Fang Ssu-ying (real identity: Chang Han-yen), Ting-ting's mother Chin Han as Po Pei-wen Ku Yin as Ou Ai-ling, Po Pei-wen's wife Yu Chen-hua as Ting-ting, Po Pei-wen's daughter Chao Yung-hsin as Yu Tsui-shan Lee Li-feng as Po Pei-wen's mother Lee Tien-chu as Ou Kuan-chung, Ou Ai-ling's brother Sun Shu-fen as Ya-chu Hsu Wen-chuan as Mr. You Chang Pao-shan as Mr. Chang Wang Li as Tsai-feng Lin Tzay-peir as Chien Fei-fan (real identity: Po Pei-te), Po Pei-wen's half-brother Wen Chieh as Chien Meng-ko Hsu Nai-lin as Cheng Ya-li Chu Huei-chen as Yeh Shuang Fan Hung-hsuan as Kao Li-te Sung Yi-fang as Lee Yu-sheng Jin Chao-chun as Po Yun-sheng, Po Pei-wen's father (flashback) Liu Fang-ying as Chu Chiu-ho, Chien Fei-fan's mother (flashback) Feng Hai as Chien Ming-yuan, Chien Fei-fan's adoptive father (flashback) Lee Yu-lin as Hsia Yun-lung (flashback) Yu Heng as Hsia Chin-hui, Hsia Yun-lung's father (flashback) Ma Huei-chen as Lee Chun-man, Hsia Yun-lung's mother (flashback) Ma Wei-hsun as Tsai Chin-hua (flashback) Yang Wen-yu as Yen Li-li (flashback)
Awards and nominations 1988 Golden Bell Awards Won—Best Actress (Ku Yin) Nominated—Best TV Series Nominated—Best Writing (Chiung Yao and Lin Chiu-yu) Nominated—Best Actress (Leanne Liu) Nominated—Best Actor (Chin Han)
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