The Bronze Teeth
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- Title: 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚 / Tie Chi Tong Ya Ji Xiao Lan
- Also known as: The Bronze Teeth / The Eloquent Ji Xiao Lan
- Genre: Drama, comedy
- Opening theme song: Shei Shuo Shu Sheng Bai Wu Yi Yong (谁说书生百无一用) Who Says Scholars are Useless by Jin Xue Feng (金学峰)
- Ending theme song: Jiang Dao Li De Shi Zhi Ji (讲道理的是知己) by Dai Rao (戴娆)
Season 1
- Broadcast year: 2001
Synopsis
Based on a real person in history, Ji Xiao Lan tells the story of a brilliant scholar during the Qing Dynasty, a high official under Emperor Qian Long. Ji Xiao Lan, the righteous scholar, is basically the foil of the 'evil,' greedy official He Shen. The plot of the series revolves around the issues that the Qing Dynasty's China deals with, and makes some thinly-veiled points about today's modern governments (or actually any governments ever) and the corruption that sprouts.
In general terms, Ji Xiao Lan stands up for the people's rights, and He Shen supports corruption, for lack of better ways to classify these two characters. In actuality, they represent a whole spectrum of humanity, and are neither all good or all bad. There's a lot of humor in this series, playing with words, plotting, deception and fighting when the Emperor goes into the country incognito. Several different stories and issues are examined, though all are connected loosely overall.
Cast
Main
- Zhang Guo Li as Ji Xiao Lan
- Zhang Tie Lin as Emperor Qian Long
- Wang Gang as He Shen
- Yuan Li as Du Xiao Yue
- Xiang Neng as Fu Kang An
- Cynthia Khan (杨丽菁) as Mo Chou
Extended
- Pan Xiao Li (潘晓莉) as Si Gu Niang
- Liu Wei Hua (刘卫华) as 14th Prince
- Zhao Min Fen (赵敏芬) as Empress Dowager
- Zhang Chun Nian (张春年) as Liu Quan
- Han Jing Ru (韩静茹) as Bai Niang Zi
- Liu Quan (刘全) as Huang Ke Ming
- Hong Zong Yi (洪宗义) as Zhu Bo Ping
- Wang Hu Quan (王湖泉) as Wu Zui
- Zeng Jing (曾静) Lu Chang An / Huang Tie Ya
- Huo Si Yan as Xiang Cao
- Han Fu Yi as Huang Bing Tang
- Wei Ying Ming (魏英明) as Shopkeeper He
- Li Xiao Lei (李小雷) as Chen Wei Yuan
- Ruan Dan Ning (阮丹宁) as Su Qing Lian
- Jia Da Zhong (贾大中) as Wang Dan Wang
- Yang Jun Yong as Wang Ting Zan
- Wu Zhen (吴祯) as Hong Xia
- Cong Pei Xin as Hong Yu Shi
- Shu Yao Xuan (舒耀暄) as Shang Rong
- Wang Kun (王坤) as Zhu Jun Hao
- Sun Meng Quan (孙梦泉) as San Gu
- Li Yi (李义) as Feng Shen Yin De
- Yan Huai Li as Chen Hui Zu
- Tian Zhong as eunuch
Review by Calcifer10000
Pros: Lots of fun, abundant wordplay, beautifully written dialogue and a fast-paced plot would be this series's strongest traits. The characters are an absolute riot while being serious, thanks to superb acting by the three main guys. As much a political critique as it is entertainment, Ji Xiao Lan includes philisophical debates as much as it does scholarly name-calling.
Cons: The puns and poetry may go over some people's heads and some of it still goes over mine; it's definitely an intellectual drama. However, in no way would I discourage martial arts fans from this. It has its fights, but I'd say that here, the fights with words are just as, if not more than, interesting than those with swords.
Comments: To be honest, normally being a wuxia action series fan, I wasn't about to be impressed by this. But after the first episode, I was totally converted. This is one great series, and completely worth the time to understand. Very realistic and touching at times, the debates are the things to watch for. Each person has logic, be it the 'righteous' or the 'corrupt,' and is a wonderful example of how the pen can be mightier than the sword.
Production Credits
- Screenwriters: Zou Jing Zhi (邹静之), Chen Wen Gui (陈文贵), Zheng Wan Long (郑万隆), Wang Zhen Qian (王振潜), Wang Chen (王琛), Shi Hang (史航), Gu Yan (顾言)
- Chief producers: Bian Xiao Jun (边晓军), Han Jun Feng (韩俊峰), Lu Ying (陆莹), Chen Hai (陈海)
- Producers: Zhang Zhang (张璋), Situ Yuan Jie (司徒源杰), Pan Hong Ye (潘洪业), Wu Xiao Ming (吴孝明), Li Pei Sen (李培森), Liu Ji Nan (刘继南), Liu Di Yi (刘迪一), Zhu Yong Lei (朱咏雷)
- Director: Liu Jia Cheng (刘家成)
- Music: Yang Li Chun (杨立青)
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Season 2
- Episodes: 43
- Broadcast year: 2002
Synopsis
Cast
- Zhang Guo Li as Ji Xiao Lan
- Wang Gang as He Shen
- Zhang Tie Lin as Emperor Qian Long
- Yuan Li as Du Xiao Yue
- Pan Xiao Li (潘晓莉) as Zhao Qing
- Zhang Chun Nian (张春年) as Liu Quan
- Hong Zong Yi (洪宗义) as Zuo Shan Gui
Production Credits
- Screenwriters: Wen Gui (文贵), Zhou Jing Zhi (邹静之), Ma Jun Xiang (马军骧), Wang Zhen Qian (王振潜)
- Producers: Deng Jie, Liu Ji Nan (刘继南), Ma Run Sheng (马润生)
- Director: Liu Jia Cheng (刘家成)
- Music: Yang Li Chun (杨立青)
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Season 3
- Episodes: 40
- Broadcast year: 2004
Synopsis
The wise scholar Ji Xiao Lan, who shares the people’s worries, has an ongoing mental and verbal battle with the seemingly gentlemanly, but actually influential and corrupt official He Shen. He enjoys the battle immensely, which neither is clearly winning or losing. With Emperor Qian Long's sometimes deliberate, and sometimes unintended sowing of dissension, Ji Xiao Lan and He Shen rack their brains restlessly in order to beat each other.
The Bronze Teeth III comprise six stories: "The Beauty Fight", "The Fake Truth and the True Fake", "Qian Long as a Street Performer", "The Cunning Plot", "The Rouge" and "The Dragon and Tiger Fight." They vividly reveal the power struggles in the Qing imperial court with mirth, laughter, anger and curses.
Cast
- Zhang Guo Li as Ji Xiao Lan
- Wang Gang as He Shen
- Zhang Tie Lin as Emperor Qian Long
- Zhang Ting as Lu Lin Lang
- Zhang Chun Nian (张春年) as Liu Quan
- Li Yi Xiao as Hong Lian
Production Credits
- Director: Liu Jia Cheng (刘家成)
- Music: Yang Li Chun (杨立青)
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Season 4
Synopsis
Cast
- Zhang Guo Li as Ji Xiao Lan
- Wang Gang as He Shen
- Zhang Tie Lin as Emperor Qian Long
- Yuan Li as Du Xiao Yue
- Miriam Yeung
- Liu Yi Wei (刘仪伟)
