The Devil Punisher
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The Devil Punisher | |
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Also known as | The Sky Watcher
Tian Xun Zhe Skyscanner |
Chinese | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Tiān Xúnzhě |
Genre | Supernatural Time travel Romance |
Created by | Sanlih E-Television Netflix |
Written by | Kimi Lin (Screenwriting coordinator) Chen Jingwen Fan Yun-Chieh Huang Yunbei |
Directed by | Zhang Jinrong Chen Ronghui |
Starring | Mike He Ivy Shao Amanda Chou Johnny Yang Anson Chen Jane Cheng Roy Chang |
Opening theme | "Last Look 喂, |
Ending theme | "After a Thousand Years |
Country of origin | Taiwan |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer | Chen Muhan |
Production location | Taiwan |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TTV Main Channel Netflix SET Metro |
Release | 25 October 2020 14 March 2021 | –
The Devil Punisher (Chinese:
Plot
[edit]A baker by day and demon fighter by night, Zhong Kui, a reincarnated deity must jog his amnesiac lover's memory of their millennium-long romance.[3]
Cast
[edit]Main cast
[edit]- Mike He as Zhong Kui / Zhong Zheng-nan
- Ivy Shao as Lady Meng / Meng Hsin-yu / Xiao-bing
- Amanda Chou as Lady Qin Kuang
- Johnny Yang as Cheng Huang
- Anson Chen as Lu Bo-ya
- Jane Cheng as Li En-hsi
- Roy Chang as Ouyang Kai
Supporting cast
[edit]- Chen Bor-jeng as Bat Spirit / Ah-Fu
- Dewi Chien as Seven Star Sword Spirit / Hsiao-chi
- Tan Ai-chen as Grandma Wu
- Yin Chao-te as Wu Ching-yuan
- Peter Kuan as Chen Ze-hsuan
- Sing Hom as Wei Yun-han
- Hank Wang as Zhao Jia-jun
Guest appearances
[edit]- Akio Chen as taoist ghost
- Ed Chan as male ghost
- Wu Ting-Chien as male ghost
- Da Fei as policeman
- Chang Han as Chen Zheng-ming
- Vicky Tseng as Li Shu-hui
- Yu Yanchen as Ah-Ping
- Hsieh Chi-Wen as Hong Cheng-you
- King Liu as Cheng-you's boss
- Chang Chien as En-hsi's mother
- Pipi Yao as Gao Jia-chi
- Lyan Cheng as Yao Mu-ching
- Kelly Ko as Ze-hsuan's mother
- Ally Chiu as Wu Yu-han
- Chang Kuo-tung as Lord of the Soil and the Ground
- Daniel Chen
- Kurt Chou
- Ivelyn Lee
- Louis Lin
- Kingone Wang
Soundtrack
[edit]- "Last Look 喂,
再 看 我 一遍 " by MIXER - "After a Thousand Years
千 年 以後 " by Nine Chen - "If You Turn Around 如果你敢
回 頭 " by Amanda Wang and Anson Chen - "Just Memories
回 不 去 的 回 憶" by Men Envy Children - "Guards of Princess Wendy
溫 蒂公主 的 侍 衛 " by Accusefive - "Loveholic 嗜愛
動物 " by MIXER - "The Light-Year Passenger
穿 越 光年 的 孤獨 " by Tizzy Bac - "As I am
我 已 成 為 我 想 要 的 我 " by Shara Lin - "Blossom
桃 花籤 " by DeerJenny - "Shining Stars
星 點 " by DeerJenny
Broadcast
[edit]Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
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TTV Main Channel | ![]() |
25 Oct 2020 | Sunday 10:00–11:30 pm |
Vidol | 31 Oct 2020 | Saturday 10:00pm | |
SET Metro | Saturday 10:00–11:30 pm | ||
Netflix | Worldwide | 26 Oct 2020 | Monday 00:00am |
Ratings
[edit]Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
- CTS – U Motherbaker, Mother to be
- FTV – Animal Whisper, See You at the Market, MIU404
- CTV – Chinese Restaurant, Someday or One Day (re-run)
- SET Taiwan – Top Singers
Air Date | Chapter | Average Ratings | Rank |
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Oct 25, 2020 | 1 | 1.19 | 1 |
Nov 1, 2020 | 2 | 1.42 | 1 |
Nov 8, 2020 | 3 | 1.37 | 1 |
Nov 15, 2020 | 4 | 1.40 | 1 |
Nov 22, 2020 | 5 | 1.47 | 1 |
Nov 29, 2020 | 6 | 1.71 | 1 |
Dec 6, 2020 | 7 | 1.67 | 1 |
Dec 13, 2020 | 8 | 1.63 | 1 |
Dec 20, 2020 | 9 | 1.41 | 1 |
Dec 27, 2020 | 10 | 1.59 | 1 |
Jan 3, 2021 | 11 | 1.60 | 1 |
Jan 10, 2021 | 12 | 1.27 | 1 |
Jan 17, 2021 | 13 | 1.48 | 1 |
Jan 24, 2021 | 14 | 1.26 | 1 |
Jan 31, 2021 | 15 | 1.36 | 1 |
Feb 7, 2021 | 16 | 1.31 | 1 |
Feb 14, 2021: Due to the Chinese New Year holidays, festive programmes will be aired instead. | |||
Feb 21, 2021 | 17 | 1.18 | 1 |
Feb 28, 2021 | 18 | 1.31 | 1 |
Mar 7, 2021 | 19 | 1.40 | 1 |
Mar 14, 2021 | 20 | 1.54 | 1 |
Average ratings | 1.43 |
- Numbers in red denote the highest rating and numbers in blue denote the lowest rating for the drama's tenure.
- Ratings are obtained from AGB Nielsen.
References
[edit]- ^ Liu. "《
天 巡 者 》13分 鐘 片 花 首 曝光網 敲碗喊:迫 不 及待想 看 !". SETN (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 October 2020. - ^ MOC Taiwan. "107
年度 電 視 節目 製作 補助 獲 補助 名 單 ". MOC Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 October 2020. - ^ Netflix. "The Devil Punisher". Netflix. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (SETTV)
- Official website (TTV)
- The Devil Punisher at IMDb
- The Devil Punisher on Netflix
- 2020 Taiwanese television series debuts
- 2021 Taiwanese television series endings
- Mandarin-language television shows
- Netflix original programming
- Romantic fantasy television series
- Sanlih E-Television original programming
- Supernatural television series
- Taiwan Television original programming
- Taiwanese drama television series
- Taiwanese romance television series
- Taoism in popular culture
- Television series about ghosts
- Television series based on Chinese mythology
- Television shows about reincarnation
- Zhong Kui