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==Details==
 
==Details==
 
*'''Title:''' 倚天屠龙记 / Yi Tian Tu Long Ji
 
*'''Title:''' 倚天屠龙记 / Yi Tian Tu Long Ji
 
*'''Also known as:''' The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
 
*'''Also known as:''' The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
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*'''Genre:''' Wuxia
 
*'''Episodes:''' 40
 
*'''Episodes:''' 40
*'''Broadcast network:''' CTS
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*'''Broadcast network:''' CTS / BTV-4
*'''Broadcast year:''' 2002
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*'''Broadcast period:''' 2002-Dec-01 (Taiwan) 2003-Mar-12 (China)
*'''Opening song:''' [[Xin Ai (song)|Xin Ai]] by Jin Xue Feng
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*'''China opening theme song:''' [[Xin Ai (song)|Xin Ai]] by [[Jin Xue Feng]]
*'''China Ending song:''' [[Ai Shang Zhang Wuji (song)|Ai Shang Zhang Wuji]] (To Fall in Love with Zhang Wuji) by Mao A Min
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*'''China ending theme song:''' [[Ai Shang Zhang Wuji (song)|Ai Shang Zhang Wuji]] by [[Mao A Min]]
*'''Taiwan Ending song:''' [[Xue Lai de Shi Hou (song)|Xue Lai de Shi Hou]] (When the Snow Comes) by [[Alec Su]]
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*'''Taiwan opening theme song:''' [[Xue Lai de Shi Hou (song)|Xue Lai de Shi Hou]] by [[Alec Su]]
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*'''Taiwan ending theme song:''' [[Da Sheng Shuo Ai Wo (song)|Da Sheng Shuo Ai Wo]] by [[Liu Yi Chun]] (劉依純)
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*'''Related TV series:''' See [[Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre]]
  
 
==Synopsis==
 
==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.
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Based on the popular novel by [[Wikipedia:Jinyong|Jin Yong Kam Yung]]. 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>
 
<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.
 
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.
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==User/Viewer Ratings==
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<vote type=1/>
  
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
*[[Alec Su]] as Zhang Cui Shan / Zhang Wuji 张翠山 / 张无忌
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*[[Alec Su]] as Zhang Cui Shan and Zhang Wu Ji (voiced by [[Zhao Ming]])
*[[Alyssa Chia]] as Zhao Min 赵 敏
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**[[Shi Xiao Long]] as young Zhang Wu Ji
*[[Gao Yuan Yuan]] as Zhou Zhi Ruo 周芷若
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*[[Alyssa Chia]] as Zhao Min (voiced by [[Feng Jun Hua]])
*[[Zhang Tie Lin]] as Yang Xiao 杨 逍
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*[[Gao Yuan Yuan]] as Zhou Zhi Ruo
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*[[Florence Tan]] as Xiao Zhao
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*[[Chen Zi Han]] as Yin Li (voiced by [[Huang Xiao Yan]])
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*[[Zhang Guo Li]] as Cheng Kun / Yuan Zhen
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*[[Zhang Tie Lin]] as Yang Xiao
 
*[[Bao Yi Lin]] as Yang Bu Hui
 
*[[Bao Yi Lin]] as Yang Bu Hui
*[[Phyllis Quek]] as Yin Su Su 殷素素
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**[[Zhang Yi Jing]] as young Yang Bu Hui
*[[Florence Tan]] as Xiao Zhao 小 昭
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*[[Phyllis Quek]] as Yin Su Su (voiced by [[Feng Jun Hua]])
*[[Tsui Kam Kong]] as Xie Xun 谢 逊
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*[[Elvis Tsui]] as Xie Xun
*[[Zhang Guo Li]] as Cheng Kun aka Yuan Zhen 圆 真
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*[[Wang Gang (1948)|Wang Gang]] as Wang Ye
*[[Wang Gang (1948)|Wang Gang]] as Wang Shi 王 爷
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*[[Tao Hong]] as Ji Xiao Fu
*[[Dao Hong]] 陶虹 as Ji Xiao Fu 纪晓芙
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*[[Yan Qing Yu]] as Granny Golden Flower
*[[Chen Sha Sha]] 陈莎莎 as Zhu Er 蛛 儿
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*[[Yan Min Qiu]] as Priestess Mie Jue
*[[Yan Qing Yu]] 阎青妤 as Granny Golden Flower 金花婆婆
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*[[Liu Heng Yu]] as Song Qing Shu 
*[[Shi Xiao Long]] 释小龙 as Young Zhang Wuji 少年张无忌
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*[[Wang Gang (2)|Wang Gang]] as Song Yuan Qiao
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*[[Han Fu Yi]] as Yin Li Ting
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*[[Ji Qi Lin]] as Duan Tian Zheng
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*[[Liu Chang Sheng]] as Wei Yi Xiao (voiced by [[Shang Hong]])
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*[[Hao Bo Jie]] as Wei Bi
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*[[Dong Xiao Yan]] as Wang Nan Gu
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*[[Fu Heng]] as Chang Yu Chun
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*[[Lin Jing]] as Ding Min Jun
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*[[Yuan Yuan]] as Fan Yao
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*[[De Li Ge Er]] as Prince Qi Yang
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*[[Yu Wen Zhong]] (于文仲) as Zhang San Feng
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*[[Du Yu Ming]] as Lu Zhang Ke (voiced by [[Shang Hong]])
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*[[Jin Song]] as He Bi Weng
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*[[Liu Quan]] (刘全) as Yu Dai Yan
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*[[Ma Dong Yan]] as Mo Sheng Gu
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*[[Ye Jing]] as Zhao Qiang
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*[[Ma Zi Jun]] as Shaolin monk Kong Wen
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*[[Sun Bin]] as Chen You Jing
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*[[Zhan Xiao Nan]] as Zhu Jiu Zhen
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*[[Liu Chun Xiang]] (刘春祥) as Duan Ye Wang
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*[[Yang Guang (1965)|Yang Guang]] as Wang Bao Bao
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*[[Fu Heng]] as Chang Yu Chun
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*[[Liu Si Tong]] as Wu Qing Ying
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*[[Dong Zi Wu]] as Wu Lie
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*[[Li Qing Xiang]] as Zhu Chang Ling
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*[[Liang Tian]] as Hu Qing Niu
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*[[Zeng Jing]] (曾静) as Yuan Yin
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*[[Jin Yu Hua]] (靳玉华) as Yuan Ye
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*[[Yan Hong Zhi]] as Bai Gui Shou
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*[[Shen Bao Ping]] as He Tai Chong
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*[[Li Lian Yi]] (李连义) as Zhou Zhen
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*[[Bao De Pan]] (包德盘) as Li Tian Heng
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*[[Ma Yao Gang]] as Shuo Bu De
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*[[Zhang Chun Yuan]] (张春元) as Zhang Zhong
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*[[Xie Jia Qi]] as Leng Qian
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*[[Li Bao Cheng]] (李保成) as Peng Ying Yu
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*[[Li Tai Yan]] as Zhang Song Xi
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*[[Li Jin Rong]] as Yu Lian Zhou
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*[[Hu Xiao Ran]] (胡小冉) as Huangshan Nuzi
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*[[Wu Xiao Hua]] (吴小华) as Bei Jin Yi
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*[[Liu Fang]] as Seventh Consort
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*[[Kong Qing San]] as Wu Da Qi
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*[[Guo Li Hong]] (郭丽红) as Madame Yang
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*[[Tang Jia Li]] (汤加丽) as Han Ji
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*[[Yang Dong]] (杨东) as Hui Yue Shi  
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*[[Xu Ya Zhou]]] as Persian envoy
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*[[Zhang Chun Zhong]] as Kong Zhi
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*[[Lin Jin Feng]]
  
 
==Production Credits==
 
==Production Credits==
*'''Original novel:''' [[Wikipedia:Jinyong|Jin Yong Kam Yung]]
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*'''Original writing:''' Novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber|The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber]]'' by [[Jin Yong]]
*'''Screenwriter:'''
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*'''Producer:''' [[Luo Li Ping]]
*'''Producer:'''
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Chen Bing (director)|Chen Bing]]
*'''Director:'''
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*'''Artistic director:''' [[Lai Shui Qing]]
 
 
==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==
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==Notes==
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.
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*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==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.cts.com.tw/prog/drama/yi-tian/ CTS Offical Site]
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*[https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%80%9A%E5%A4%A9%E5%B1%A0%E9%BE%99%E8%AE%B0/6625446 Baike baidu]  
*[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/f/yttlj/ Sina Site]
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*[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/f/yttlj Sina]
*[[Wikipedia:The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber|Wikipedia Page]]
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*[http://www.spcnet.tv/Chinese-TV-Series/The-Heavenly-Sword-and-Dragon-Saber-p521.html Spcnet.tv reviews]
*[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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Latest revision as of 22:42, 5 May 2023

The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

Details

Synopsis

Based on the popular novel by Jin Yong Kam Yung. He also wrote Legend of the Condor Heroes and 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.

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

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.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00
(2 votes)

Cast

Production Credits

Notes

  • 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 ending song sung by Alec Su. There is also supposed to be an English version of the opening song. The opening song sings about a man willing to surrender to the woman who has captured his heart. The 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.

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