Empress Wu is a 1984 Hong Kong television serial based on the biography of Wu Zetian (Cantonese: Mou Zak-tin), the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of "Empress Regnant", starring Petrina Fung as the title character. The serial was produced by ATV and was first aired in Hong Kong on ATV Home from 6 August to 28 September 1984.
It was shown with English subtitles in Australia on SBS from 1987 to 1990.
A dubbed English version of the serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in sixty-five weekly 30-minute episodes from 4 October 1987 to 21 January 1989.
Cast
Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.
Petrina Fung as Mou Zak-tin
Tony Liu / Savio Tsang as Ming Sung-yim
Lo Chun-shun as Tong Ko-tsung
Pat Poon as Yu-man Chun
Lau Hung-fong as Sheung-koon Yuen-yee
Ban Ban as Empress Wong
Chan Choi-yin as Consort Siu
Kong Hon as Tong Toi-tsung
Pamela Peck as Empress Cheung-suen
Eric Wan as Lei Yin
Wong Siu-fung as Ha Fei-yin
Lee Ngoi-wah as Lady of Ngai
Ling Man-hoi as Cheung-suen Mo-gei
Simon Chui as Yuen Tin-gong
Lee Kwok-fai as Lei Toi
Tong Pan-cheung as Ching-sum