The Devil Punisher () 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 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
Air DateChapterAverage RatingsRankOct 25, 2020 1 1Nov 1, 2020 2 1.42 1Nov 8, 2020 3 1.37 1Nov 15, 2020 4 1.40 1Nov 22, 2020 5 1.47 1Nov 29, 2020 6 1Dec 6, 2020 7 1.67 1Dec 13, 2020 8 1.63 1Dec 20, 2020 9 1.41 1Dec 27, 2020 10 1.59 1 Jan 3, 2021 11 1.60 1Jan 10, 2021 12 1.27 1Jan 17, 2021 13 1.48 1Jan 24, 2021 14 1.26 1Jan 31, 2021 15 1.36 1Feb 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 1Feb 28, 2021 18 1.31 1Mar 7, 2021 19 1.40 1Mar 14, 2021 20 1.54 1Average ratings 1.43
References
External links (SETTV) (TTV)