Darkside of the Moon (TV series)

• Tavia Yeung as Yu Mun-yuet (Moon), a public relations expert whose traumatic past drives her to orchestrate a meticulous plan of revenge against the powerful Cheung family.^[1]
  • Jessica Liu as the young Yu Mun-yuet
• Vincent Wong as Shing Fung (Morris), a stock market strategist who becomes emotionally involved with Yu Mun-yuet and secretly aids her in executing a carefully planned revenge.^[1]
• Rosina Lam as Cheuk Wai-wan (Vivian), a former friend of Yu Mun-yuet who becomes the politically married granddaughter of Cheuk Ho-tin and is ultimately revealed as the mastermind behind Mun-yuet's traumatic past while pursuing her own ambitions.^[1]
  • Joey Leung as the young Cheuk Wai-wan
• Edward Ma as Cheung Kei-chun (Wilson), a wealthy, reckless heir whose past assault on Yu Mun-yuet and mismanagement of his family's business lead to tragic consequences.^[1]
  • Kris Lam as the young Cheung Kei-chun
• Priscilla Wong as Yu Hey-sun, Mun-yuet's disabled younger sister, traumatized by past assaults and living in fear, who gradually finds hope and determination to support her sister's quest for revenge.^[1]
  • Stephanie Au as the young Yu Hey-sun
• Lenna Yeung as Yu Man-sing, the eldest Yu sister, protective of Hey-sun yet distant from Mun-yuet, carrying the emotional burden of their family's past tragedies and unresolved conflicts.^[1]
  • Sophie Yip as the young Yu Man-sing
• Mat Yeung as Chu Pak-chung, a friend of the Yu sisters who helps Mun-yuet carry out her revenge.
  • Oscar Tao as the young Chu Pak-chung
• Mark Ma as Kwong Wing-yuen (Barry), Cheung Kei-chun's close friend who assaulted Hey-sun.^[1]
  • Wong Kin-fung as the young Kwong Wing-yuen
• Matthew Ho as Mok Ka-long, a righteous police officer and son of Mok Chun-keung
• Vincent Wan as Cheung Chit-yin, chairman of Bo Yip Construction and father of Cheung Kei-chun
• Candy Cheung as Chan Hing-fong, mother of Cheung Kei-chun
• Samuel Kwok as Cheuk Ho-tin, a wealthy business tycoon
• Jonathan Cheung as Cheuk Sai-kei (SK), Cheuk Ho-tin's nephew who has a feud with him
• Henry Lo as Yu Kai-fu, father of the Yu sisters
• Helen Ng as Cheung Bik-fan, mother of the Yu sisters
• Stephen Ho as Kwong Man-hoi, Kwong Wing-yuen's father who works at Bo Yip Construction
• Ethan Lam as Mok Chun-keung, a police officer who receives bribes from Cheung Chit-yin to cover up the Cheung family's crimes
• Derek Wong as Peter, a friend and colleague of Shing Fung

The series' story concept, centered on revenge, was inspired by the Korean drama The Glory.^[1] Filming took place in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, running from December 2023 to March 2024.^[2][3]

The series follows Yu Mun-yuet (Tavia Yeung), a crisis public relations expert whose outward confidence and charm conceal a deeply traumatic past. Eighteen years earlier, Mun-yuet and her sisters—Yu Man-sing (Lenna Yeung) and Hey-sun (Priscilla Wong)—lived happily until tragedy struck. Mun-yuet was drugged and sexually assaulted by wealthy heir Cheung Kei-chun (Edward Ma), while her sister was assaulted by his friend Kwong Wing-yuen (Mark Ma). To protect his son, Cheung Chit-yin (Vincent Wan) bribed a police officer to conceal the truth, pushed the sisters off a hill, and framed their father for imprisonment. The destruction of her family, her sister's trauma, and her own estrangement left Mun-yuet scarred and fueled her vow for revenge.

She endured 18 years of suffering before rising in high society as a respected PR expert. Determined to expose those responsible, Mun-yuet uses her professional expertise and strategic alliances to infiltrate the Cheung family, navigating corporate power struggles, buried crimes, and moral conflicts as long-hidden truths gradually come to light.^[4]

In Hong Kong, the series ranked third on Google's 2024 "Top Ten Most Searched TV Dramas" list, but failed to achieve high television ratings.^[7] A writer from Oriental Daily News attributed its low ratings to shortcomings as a revenge drama, noting that it tells rather than shows the heroine's suffering. This approach, they argued, results in shallow emotional impact, unconvincing plotting, and a hollow revenge arc compared with The Glory and classic TVB tragedies, which earned audience catharsis through depictions of genuine suffering.^[8]

The series premiered on Youku on 9 October 2024, and on TVB Jade and myTV Super on 28 October 2024.^[16]