The Devil Punisher (2020)

The Devil Punisher (Chinese: 天巡者; pinyin: Tiān Xúnzhě; lit. 'heaven patroller') is a 2020 Taiwanese time travel and supernatural series. It stars Mike He, Ivy Shao, Amanda Chou, Johnny Yang, Anson Chen, Jane Cheng and Roy Chang as the main cast. It is the second collaboration between Sanlih E-Television and Netflix, and is also the channel's flagship drama for the year. The drama is one of the 107 television shows that received 23 million New Taiwan dollars' worth of grants from the government. Filming commenced on 20 February 2020 and wrapped on 12 July 2020. It was first broadcast on 25 October 2020.

Plot

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.

Cast

Main cast

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

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

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

"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

Ratings

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

References

External links

Official website (SETTV)

Official website (TTV)

The Devil Punisher at IMDb

The Devil Punisher on Netflix