Chinese Paladin

Chinese Paladin

Details

• Title: 仙劍奇俠傳 (仙剑奇侠传) / Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan
• English title: Chinese Paladin
• Also known as: The Magic Sword & the Chivalrous Youth / Legend of Fairy and Sword
• Genres: Adventure, fantasy, action, romance
• Episodes: 34
• Broadcast network: CTV / TCS (Joint Mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore production)
• Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-24
• Opening theme song: Sha Po Lang by JS
• Ending theme song: Zhong Yu Ming Bai by Power Station
• Insert songs: See Chinese Paladin OST
• Related TV Series: See Chinese Paladin (disambiguation)

Synopsis

The series starts with the execution of Nan Zhao's Queen who was accused of being a demon, while in reality, she was the descendant of the goddess Nu Wa. When the same man who had accused her had unleashed a snake-like demon upon the people, she sacrifices herself to save them and a statue is placed to honor her. Mysteriously, the Princess also disappears along with her nanny.

10 years later, the story then revolves around the life of Li Xiao Yao (Hu Ge), an orphan who lives with his aunt and is considered to be a lazy trouble maker by many. When his aunt had fallen sick, he was instructed to travel to a mystical land to retrieve the antidote to save her. Once there, he runs into Zhao Ling'er (Liu Yi Fei), a young and naive girl who claims that he is her savior. Though he was rather confused, Xiao Yao quickly falls for her and they later got married, but still fearing for his aunt's life, he promises to come back to find Ling'er after he saves his aunt. But then, a group of assassins suddenly finds their way onto the island, and all of Xiao Yao's memory since arriving at the location gets completely wiped away to the point where he even forgets about his marriage.

Nonetheless, he takes Ling'er back to Nan Zhao with him, where she tries to get him to fall for her again. The couple are then introduced to two cousins, Lin Yue Ru (Ady An) and Liu Jin Yuan (Bryan Wang). Yue Ru and Xiao Yao forms a rivalry, while Jin Yuan's love for his cousin starts to become obvious. Rather obliviously, Yue Ru starts to become jealous of Ling'er and Xiao Yao's relationship as she sees herself getting out of her ways to impress him, while at the same time, Ling'er is also trying to win back her husband.

However, Ling'er disappears and the three friends goes out to find her. On their journey, a series of events which they encounter would either change their friendship for the better or the worse, and eventually, Xiao Yao's memories later returns, and Ling'er also finds out about her true identity, causing her to question whether Xiao Yao would still love her or fear her for who she really was.

User/Viewer Ratings

3.75

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Cast

Main

• Hu Ge as Li Xiao Yao (voiced by Shen Lei
• Liu Yi Fei as Zhao Ling Er (voiced by Li Ye)
• Ady An as Lin Yue Ru (voiced by Feng Jun Hua)
• Eddie Peng as Tang Yu (voiced by Xie Tian Tian)
• Esther Liu as Ah Nu (voiced by Huang Xiao Yan)

Supporting

• Bryan Wang as Liu Jin Yuan / A Qi (voiced by Jin Feng)
• Tse Kwan Ho as Jiu Zui Xian (voiced by Jin Feng)
• Sun Li as Lin Qing Er / Wu Hou (voiced by Li Ye)
• Elvis Tsui as Bai Yue Jiao Zhu (voiced by Wang Wei)
• Jiang Xin as Nu Yuan / Wan Er (voiced by Fan Chu Rong)
• Patrick Tam as Jiang Ming (voiced by Zhao Ming)
• Yang Kun as Aunt Li
• Zhang Qian as Cai Yi (voiced by Jiang Yuan)
• Loretta Lee as Holy Abbess Sheng Gu
• Cheng Pei Pei as Lao Lao (voiced by Wang Su)
• Deng Jia Jia as Poison Lady (voiced by Fan Chu Rong)
• Sam Lee as Wang Xiao Hu
• Ben Wong as King Wu (voiced by Zhao Ming)
• Guo Liang as Sword Immortal (voiced by Zhang Xin)
• Lynn Poh as Ji San Niang (voiced by Fan Chu Rong)
• Achel Chang as Ding Xiang Lan
• Joanne Tseng as Ding Xiu Lan (voiced by Feng Jun Hua)
• Zhou Lan as Han Meng Ci (voiced by Huang Xiao Yan)
• Zhuang Jin as Aunt Yun (voiced by Fan Chu Rong)
• Zhou De Hua as Zhi Xiu (Little Stone) (voiced by Li Zheng Xiang)
• Deng Li Min as Shi Gonghu (Elder Stone) (voiced by Li Chuan Ying)
• Yang Ming Na as Fox Spirit (voiced by Li Ye)
• Yu Hong Liang as Snake Demon (voiced by Zhang Xin)
• Jin Xin as Lin Tian Nan
• Zhang Bo Jun as Wealthy Merchant (voiced by Zhang Xin)
• Xu Shou Qin as Reverend
• Guo Qi Ming as Jiang Yan Zhi (voiced by Yuan Guo Qing)
• Zhong Fu Xiang as Magistrate
• Zeng Ang as Follower
• Cheung Sai as Cai Yi

Production Credits

• Director: Lee Kwok Lap, Wu Jin Yuan, Liang Sheng Quan, Mai Guan Zhi, Yu Jian Fu
• Screenwriter: Huang Hao Ran, Zhong Zheng Long, Deng Li Qi (邓立奇), Tao Hai, Wang Yuan, Yan Hong Yu, Yan Zhen Hua (阎振华), Deng Zi Shan
• Producer: Lee Kwok Lap, Karen Tsoi, Zeng Hao Wen
• Presenter: Qiu Li Xin, Yang Da Yang (汤达祥), Huang Liang Hao (黄良好), Li Jian Neng (李健能)
• Executive Producer: Yang Wen Hu (杨文虎), Xu Xiao Fang (徐晓方), Zou Xiao Li (邹晓利), Li Xiao Guo, Zheng Hui Juan (郑慧娟), Xiao Rong (肖融), Zhang Ping (张平), Wen Shu Sen (文树森), Jiang Feng Qi, Lee Kwok Lap, Qiu Li Xin, Fang Ke Ren (方可人), Feng Bo Yuan
• Music: Mak Chun Hung
• Company: Tangren Media, Shanghai Film, Yunnan TV

Notes

• Filming started on December 30, 2003 and completed in June 2004. It took place in Dongyang, Yongkang and Jinyun.
• There is no Chinese Paladin 2, as the producers found that the third game had a much stronger storyline for filming.

External Links

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• Douban