The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1982 TV Series)

infobox television
show_name = The Legend of the Condor Heroes


format = Wuxia, Drama
runtime = about 40 mins (per episode)
creator = Jinyong (novel)
starring = See Cast below
country = Hong Kong
num_episodes = 59 episodes|

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (Traditional Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳; Simplified Chinese: 射雕英雄传) is a wuxia television drama series produced by TVB in 1982 based on the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes written by Jinyong.

All the theme songs of the series were sung by Roman Tam and Jenny Tseng.

Premise

The series is split into three parts: Tie Xie Dan Xin (19 episodes), Dong Xie Xi Du (20 episodes), and Hua Shan Luen Jian (20 episodes) each representing a story arc.
*Segment 1: 铁血丹心 (The Iron-blooded Loyalists)
*Segment 2: 东邪西毒 (East Heretic and West Poison)
*Segment 3: 华山论剑 (The Duel on Mount Hua)

Cast

*Felix Wong as Kwok Jing
*Barbara Yung as Wong Yung
*Miu Kiu Wai as Yeung Hong
*Yeung Pan Pan as Muk Lim Chi

Production

According to the behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD, the Mongolian scenes were filmed in Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

Relationship to "Return of the Condor Heroes"

While the roles of adult Kwok Jing and Wong Yung were played by different actors (Leung Ka Yan and Auyeung Pui San, respectively) in the 1983 TVB adaptation Return of the Condor Heroes, many actors reprised their roles, most notably: Lau Daan as Hung Chuk-gong, Kong Ai as Or Jen-ork, Wong Chun as Chow Bak-tung, Chak Lam Yeung as Auyueng Fung, Kenneth Tsang as Wong Yue-si, and Shih Kien as Kao Chin-yan.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274839/ IMDB info]
* [http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/network/7039/legend.html Fansite of the series]