The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1994 TV series)
| The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 倚天屠龍記 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 倚天屠龙记 | ||||||
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| Genre | Wuxia | ||||||
| Based on | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Louis Cha | ||||||
| Directed by | Lai Shui-ching | ||||||
| Starring | Steve Ma Cecilia Yip Kathy Chow | ||||||
| Opening theme | "Go with the Flow" (隨遇而安) performed by Wong Jim | ||||||
| Ending theme | "Love the Empire, Love the Beauty More" (愛江山更愛美人) performed by Lily Lee | ||||||
| Country of origin | Taiwan | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 64 | ||||||
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| Producer | Young Pei-pei | ||||||
| Production location | Taiwan | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
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| Network | TTV | ||||||
| Release | 10 March 1994 | ||||||
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, also known as The Legend of Dragon Slayer Sword, is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TTV in Taiwan in 1994. In this adaptation, the plot of the story is procrastinating, but the overall story is more complete, and the feelings of the play is more delicate and touching than other versions. It also corrected many unreasonable parts of the original story, and the ending of the plot is more in line with the plot of the original serial story.
Cast
[edit]- Steve Ma as Zhang Wuji / Zhang Cuishan
- Yeh Ching as young Zhang Cuishan
- Cecilia Yip as Zhao Min / Yin Susu
- Kathy Chow as Zhou Zhiruo
- Chin Ming as young Zhou Zhiruo
- Lau Dan as Xie Xun
- Chang Feng as Zhang Sanfeng
- Chiang Ming as Song Yuanqiao
- Kang Kai as Yu Daiyan
- Hsiao Ta-lu as Yin Liting
- Joy Pan as Ji Xiaofu / Yang Buhui
- Huang Chung-yu as Cheng Kun
- Vicky Chen as Xiaozhao
- Yang Pao-wei as Yin Li
- Sun Xing as Yang Xiao
- Ku Pao-ming as Fan Yao
- Ku Feng as Yin Tianzheng
- Chang Chen-huan as Yin Yewang
- Chang Hai-lun as Golden Flower Granny
- Chang Ping-yu as Miejue
- Chang Kuang-hsi as Wei Yixiao
- Chao Shun as Zhou Dian
- Kuo Tzu-chien as Hu Qingniu
- Lang Tzu-yun as Wang Nangu
- Lee Li-chun as Zhu Yuanzhang
- Chien Te-men as Ruyang Prince
- Cheng Ping-chun as Chen Youliang
- Hong Lin as Lu Zhangke
- Tsao Fu-kuo as He Biweng
- Li Li-ching as Ding Minjun
- Li Hsiao-chieh as Song Qingshu
- Chin Shih as Zhu Changling
- Kuang Ming-chieh as Zhu Jiuzhen
- Tan Hsiao-lan as Wu Qingying
- Feng Kuang-jung as Wei Bi
- Chu Pen-ke as Du Dajin
List of featured songs
[edit]- Suiyu Er'an (隨遇而安; Go With the Flow) performed by Wong Jim
- Daojian Rumeng (刀劍如夢; A life of fighting is but a dream) performed by Wakin Chau
- Ai Jiangshan Geng Ai Meiren (愛江山更愛美人; I Love power, But I Love the Beauty Even More) performed by Lily Lee
- Shini Geiwo Yipian Tian (是你給我一片天; You Gave Me a Piece of Heaven) performed by Jackie Chan
- Liangliang Xiangwang (倆倆相忘; Forgetting Each Other) performed by Winnie Hsin
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1994 Taiwanese television series debuts
- 1994 Taiwanese television series endings
- Taiwanese wuxia television series
- Television shows based on The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
- Television series set in the Yuan dynasty
- Television series about orphans
- 1990s Taiwanese television series
- Television shows about rebels
- Television shows set on islands