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[[File:Ytttj.jpg|thumb|350px|倚天屠龙记 / The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 倚天屠龙记 / Yi Tian Tu Long Ji
*'''Also known as:''' The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
*'''Episodes:''' 40
*'''Broadcast network:''' CTS
*'''Broadcast year:''' 2002
*'''Opening song:''' [[Xin Ai (song)|Xin Ai]] by Jin Xue Feng
*'''China Ending song:''' 爱上张无忌 / [[Ai Shang Zhang Wuji (song)|Ai Shang Zhang Wuji]] (To Fall in Love with Zhang Wuji) by Mao A Min (毛阿敏)
*'''Taiwan Ending song:''' [[Xue Lai de Shi Hou (song)|Xue Lai de Shi Hou]] (When the Snow Comes) by [[Alec Su]]

==Synopsis==
Based on the popular novel by [[Wikipedia:Jinyong|Jin Yong Kam Yung]] (aka Louis Cha). He also wrote [[Wikipedia:The Legend of the Condor Heroes|Legend of the Condor Heroes]] and [[Wikipedia:The Return of the Condor Heroes|Return of the Condor Heroes]]. '''The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre''' takes place during 14th Century China during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, roughly 100 years after the events of Return of the Condor Heroes. After decades of struggles, famine, and bitterness which the Chinese citizens blamed on the Yuan Dynasty's misgovernment, the Martial Arts sects have begun to rebel. Prince Ruyong asks Cheng Kun, a Shaolin monk with an ulterior motive, for a plan on how to deal with the rebels.

<nowiki>"The wielder of Heavenly Sword and/or Dragon Sabre rules the world." </nowiki>

This well known legend in the Martial Arts community is the impetus for the tale of Zhang Wuji. The story begins with how his parents met (episodes 1-3), then tells his trials as an adolescent (episodes 4-8), proceeds to relate his rise to prominence (episodes 9-23) and reveals the secret behind Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (episode 23), and ends with the confluence of Wuji's love life, the Martial Arts sects' long standing grudges, and cruel fate.

==Cast==
*[[Alec Su]] as Zhang Cui Shan / Zhang Wuji 张翠山 / 张无忌
*[[Alyssa Chia]] as Zhao Min 赵　敏
*[[Gao Yuan Yuan]] as Zhou Zhi Ruo 周芷若
*[[Zhang Tie Lin]] as Yang Xiao 杨　逍
*[[Bao Yi Lin]] as Yang Bu Hui
*[[Phyllis Quek]] as Yin Su Su 殷素素
*[[Florence Tan]] as Xiao Zhao 小　昭
*[[Tsui Kam Kong]] as Xie Xun 谢　逊
*[[Zhang Guo Li]] as Cheng Kun aka Yuan Zhen 圆　真
*[[Wang Gang (1948)|Wang Gang]] as Wang Shi 王　爷
*[[Dao Hong]] 陶虹 as Ji Xiao Fu 纪晓芙
*[[Chen Sha Sha]] 陈莎莎 as Zhu Er 蛛　儿
*[[Yan Qing Yu]] 阎青妤 as Granny Golden Flower 金花婆婆
*[[Shi Xiao Long]] 释小龙 as Young Zhang Wuji 少年张无忌

==Production Credits==
*'''Original novel:''' [[Wikipedia:Jinyong|Jin Yong Kam Yung]]
*'''Screenwriter:'''
*'''Producer:'''
*'''Director:'''

==Review==
The special effects take the form of cheesy CG and green screen. The pacing of the story drags in parts, specially early on. The kid they got to play Wuji at age 10 looks like he's 15 or 16. But any flaws in execusion are overcome by the excellent plot and beautiful actresses. Just when you get tired of one hawt actress, the story introduces another one. Before I knew it, I was watching to see how the story unfolds instead of just watching the hawt actresses. Truly, this story is a Wuxia masterpiece where romance and kung fu are intricately intertwined. To quote the great rock band Queen, "Too much love will kill you."

==Songs==
This show was a China-Taiwan-Singapore co-production. It aired identically in all 3 regions except for the ending song. The Taiwanese show had an [[Xue Lai de Shi Hou (song)|ending song]] sung by Alec Su. There is also supposed to be an English version of the opening song. The [[Xin Ai (song)|opening song]] sings about a man willing to surrender to the woman who has captured his heart. The [[Ai Shang Zhang Wuji (song)|ending song]] which Alec Su didn't sing is about a woman who's unwilling to allow the man she loves to have another woman in his heart.

==External Links==
*[http://www.cts.com.tw/prog/drama/yi-tian/ CTS Offical Site]
*[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/f/yttlj/ Sina Site]
*[[Wikipedia:The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber|Wikipedia Page]]
*[http://www.wuxiapedia.com/novels/jin_yong/heavenly_sword_dragon_slaying_sabre/ Original novel info & translation]
*[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:w1A9T3ssLCoJ:e.jeboo.com/program/movie_detail.php%3Fmovieid%3D30278+heavenly+sword+and+dragon+sabre+2002&hl=en&start=61/ Screenshots page] '''''WARNING''' Some of the screenshots are spoilers.''

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