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{{About|the Hong Kong television series|the gamebook series|Blood Sword (disambiguation){{!}}Blood Sword|the original manhua published in the 1980s in English as ''The Blood Sword''|Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword}} |
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| t = 中華英雄 |
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|genre = [[Wuxia]] |
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|writer = [[Ma Wing-shing]] (original story) |
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|director = Cheung Kin-wai |
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|starring = [[Kenny Ho (actor)|Kenny Ho]]<br>Law Chung-wah<br>[[Veronica Yip]]<br>Yeung Chak-lam<br>[[Esther Kwan]]<br>[[Eric Wan]] |
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|country = Hong Kong |
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|language = Cantonese |
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|num_episodes = 25 |
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|executive_producer = Chiu Chun-keung |
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|location = Hong Kong |
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|runtime = 45 minutes per episode |
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|company = [[Asia Television Limited|ATV]] |
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|channel = ATV |
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|first_aired = June 11, 1990 |
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|followed_by = ''[[The Blood Sword 2]]'' (1991) |
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| genre = [[Wuxia]] |
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'''''The Blood Sword''''' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the ''[[wuxia]]'' [[manhua]] series ''[[Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword]]'' by [[Ma Wing-shing]]. The series was produced by [[Asia Television Limited|ATV]] and first aired in June 1990. It was followed by a 1991 sequel, ''[[The Blood Sword 2]]''. |
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| based_on = {{based on|''[[Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword]]''|[[Ma Wing-shing]]}} |
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| screenplay = Lo Wing-kwong |
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| director = Yuen Yan-hong<br>Wong Wai-yan<br>Wong Kum-tin |
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| presenter = |
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| starring = [[Kenny Ho]]<br>[[Veronica Yip]]<br>Yeung Chak-lam<br>[[Esther Kwan]]<br>Lau Wun-fung<br>Kwan Chan-nei<br>[[Eric Wan]]<br>Chan Tung-mui<br>Law Chung-wah |
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| theme_music_composer = Tam Tong-lei |
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| opentheme = ''Chung-wah Ying-hung'' (中華英雄) performed by Kenny Ho |
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| endtheme = ''Chung-wah Ying-hung'' (中華英雄) performed by Kenny Ho |
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| composer = Wong Bong-yin |
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| country = Hong Kong |
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| language = Cantonese |
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| num_episodes = 25 |
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| producer = Chiu Chun-keung |
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| executive_producer = |
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| location = Hong Kong |
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| cinematography = Wong Ka-kuen<br>Lok Cheung-mun<br>Tai Kwok-chai |
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| editor = Tam Kit-leung |
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| runtime = 20 minutes per episode |
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| company = [[Asia Television|ATV]] |
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| channel = [[Asia Television|ATV]] |
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1990|6|11|df=y}} |
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| last_aired = {{End date|1990}} |
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| related = ''[[The Blood Sword 2]]'' (1991) |
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'''''The Blood Sword''''' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the ''[[wuxia]]'' [[manhua]] series ''[[Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword]]'' by [[Ma Wing-shing]]. The series was produced by [[Asia Television|ATV]] and first aired in June 1990. It was followed by a 1991 prequel, ''[[The Blood Sword 2]]''. |
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==Plot== |
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The series is set in the [[Wuxia#Jianghu|''jianghu'']] (martial artists' community) of early [[Republic of China (1912–49)|20th-century China]]. A grey-haired Hua Yingxiong travels alone to an island to settle an old feud between the Hua and Chi families. He has been separated from his family for over 20 years after they were ambushed by enemies while sailing back to China from America. Hua Yingxiong's wife, Jieyu, was killed by the attackers; their daughter, Hua Wenying, was thrown overboard and presumed dead; their son, Hua Jianxiong, was raised by their servant Shengnu. |
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: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' |
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Hua Jianxiong becomes bitter enemies with Situ Mowen after the latter killed Shengnu. He also encounters Taxue by chance, falls in love with her, and marries her. However, they incur the jealousy of Si-ao, the daughter of the Hua family's servant Guipu, because she has a crush on Hua Jianxiong. In the meantime, Hua Yingxiong resolves the feud and becomes an ally of Chi Lianyingwang, the Chi family patriarch. He also accepts Chi Lianyingwang's son, Chi Yan, as his apprentice. He also develops a crush on Ziyi, one of the Chi family's mercenaries, because she resembles Jieyu in appearance. |
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* [[Kenny Ho (actor)|Kenny Ho]] as Wah Ying-hung |
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* Law Chung-wah as Wah Kim-hung |
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Hua Wenying had actually survived and was renamed Qiongtian. She was raised by Yuanlaowang of the Hell School and groomed to become the school's leader. She developed a cruel and treacherous personality under Yuanlaowang's influence and eventually murdered her foster father to secure her position in the Hell School. She pretends to love Situ Mowen and manipulates him to help her. With support from Situ Mowen and the Japanese [[Iga-ryū|Iga School]]'s ninjas, Qiongtian leads the Hell School to attack other martial arts schools in her ambition to dominate the ''jianghu''. She also incites conflict between Situ Wuliang (Situ Mowen's "father") and the Iga School, after discovering that Situ Mowen is actually the biological son of the Iga School's leader. |
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* [[Veronica Yip]] as Tze-yi / Kit-yu |
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* Yeung Chak-lam as Chek-lin Ying-wong |
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The Huas combine forces with the Chi family and other schools to resist the Hell School and its allies. Hua Yingxiong restores peace in the ''jianghu'' after defeating and reluctantly killing his evil daughter. |
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* [[Esther Kwan]] as King-tin / Wah Man-ying |
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* [[Eric Wan]] as Sze-to Mok-mun |
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==Cast== |
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* Kwan Jan-nei as Si-ngo |
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* [[Kenny Ho]] as Hua Yingxiong, the protagonist of the series. The titular "Blood Sword" refers to his weapon, a red-bladed sword. |
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* Chan Tung-mui as Tap-suet |
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* Law Chung-wah as Hua Jianxiong, Hua Yingxiong and Jieyu's son. |
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* Lau Wun-fung as Sze-to Mo-leung |
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* [[Veronica Yip]] as Ziyi, a mercenary hired by the Chi family. She is similar in appearance to Jieyu, Hua Yingxiong's deceased wife. |
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* Mok Ka-yiu as Chek-ngan |
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* Yeung Chak-lam as Chi Lianyingwang, the patriarch of the Chi family. |
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* Hung Chi-shing as Kwai-buk |
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* [[Esther Kwan]] as Qiongtian / Hua Wenying, Hua Yingxiong and Jieyu's lost-long daughter who becomes the evil leader of the Hell School. |
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* Jackie Lui as Yu Bat-wai |
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* [[Eric Wan]] as Situ Mowen, an evil martial artist who becomes Hua Jianxiong's bitter rival. |
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* Yeung Kar-lok as Lo-hon |
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* Kwan Chan-nei as Si-ao, Guipu's daughter who has a crush on Hua Jianxiong. |
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* [[Eddy Ko]] as General Sat-dan |
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* Chan Tung-mui as Taxue, Hua Jianxiong's wife. |
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* Mak Lai-hung as Muk-tze |
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* Lau Wun-fung as Situ Wuliang, Situ Mowen's father and a formidable antagonist. He turns out to be not Situ Mowen's real father. |
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* Cheng Kwan-chi as For Say-long |
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* Mok Ka-yiu as Chi Yan, Chi Lianyingwang's son and Hua Yingxiong's apprentice. |
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* Chan Pui-shan as Ching-yee |
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* Hung Chi-shing as Guipu, the Hua family's servant. |
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* Ng Yuen-chun as For Niu |
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* Jackie Lui as Yu Buwei, Hua Jianxiong's friend. |
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* Lin Wai-kin as Yuen-mou |
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* Chan Chek-wai as Shengnu, the Hua family's servant who raised Hua Jianxiong. |
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* Leung Si-ho as Mou-ching |
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* Pong Chau-ngan |
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* Fennie Yuen as Sui Chin-min |
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* [[Kingdom Yuen]] as Ming-sat |
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==See also== |
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* ''[[The Legend of Hero]]'' |
* ''[[The Legend of Hero]]'' |
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==References== |
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* [https://www.spcnet.tv/ATV-TV-Series/The-Blood-Sword-review-r2352.html#.X9HjItgzbcc Review] on spcnet.tv |
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* {{zh icon}} [http://baike.baidu.com/view/161306.htm#4_1 ''The Blood Sword''] on [[Baidu Baike]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 15 July 2024
| The Blood Sword | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中華英雄 |
| Simplified Chinese | 中华英雄 |
| Literal meaning | Chinese Hero |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōnghuá Yīngxíong |
| Jyutping | Zung1 Waa4 Jing1 Hung4 |
| Genre | Wuxia |
| Based on | Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Ma Wing-shing |
| Screenplay by | Lo Wing-kwong |
| Directed by | Yuen Yan-hong Wong Wai-yan Wong Kum-tin |
| Starring | Kenny Ho Veronica Yip Yeung Chak-lam Esther Kwan Lau Wun-fung Kwan Chan-nei Eric Wan Chan Tung-mui Law Chung-wah |
| Theme music composer | Tam Tong-lei |
| Opening theme | Chung-wah Ying-hung (中華英雄) performed by Kenny Ho |
| Ending theme | Chung-wah Ying-hung (中華英雄) performed by Kenny Ho |
| Composer | Wong Bong-yin |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Chiu Chun-keung |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Cinematography | Wong Ka-kuen Lok Cheung-mun Tai Kwok-chai |
| Editor | Tam Kit-leung |
| Running time | 20 minutes per episode |
| Production company | ATV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ATV |
| Release | 11 June 1990 – 1990 |
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| The Blood Sword 2 (1991) | |
The Blood Sword is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the wuxia manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Ma Wing-shing. The series was produced by ATV and first aired in June 1990. It was followed by a 1991 prequel, The Blood Sword 2.
Plot
[edit]The series is set in the jianghu (martial artists' community) of early 20th-century China. A grey-haired Hua Yingxiong travels alone to an island to settle an old feud between the Hua and Chi families. He has been separated from his family for over 20 years after they were ambushed by enemies while sailing back to China from America. Hua Yingxiong's wife, Jieyu, was killed by the attackers; their daughter, Hua Wenying, was thrown overboard and presumed dead; their son, Hua Jianxiong, was raised by their servant Shengnu.
Hua Jianxiong becomes bitter enemies with Situ Mowen after the latter killed Shengnu. He also encounters Taxue by chance, falls in love with her, and marries her. However, they incur the jealousy of Si-ao, the daughter of the Hua family's servant Guipu, because she has a crush on Hua Jianxiong. In the meantime, Hua Yingxiong resolves the feud and becomes an ally of Chi Lianyingwang, the Chi family patriarch. He also accepts Chi Lianyingwang's son, Chi Yan, as his apprentice. He also develops a crush on Ziyi, one of the Chi family's mercenaries, because she resembles Jieyu in appearance.
Hua Wenying had actually survived and was renamed Qiongtian. She was raised by Yuanlaowang of the Hell School and groomed to become the school's leader. She developed a cruel and treacherous personality under Yuanlaowang's influence and eventually murdered her foster father to secure her position in the Hell School. She pretends to love Situ Mowen and manipulates him to help her. With support from Situ Mowen and the Japanese Iga School's ninjas, Qiongtian leads the Hell School to attack other martial arts schools in her ambition to dominate the jianghu. She also incites conflict between Situ Wuliang (Situ Mowen's "father") and the Iga School, after discovering that Situ Mowen is actually the biological son of the Iga School's leader.
The Huas combine forces with the Chi family and other schools to resist the Hell School and its allies. Hua Yingxiong restores peace in the jianghu after defeating and reluctantly killing his evil daughter.
Cast
[edit]- Kenny Ho as Hua Yingxiong, the protagonist of the series. The titular "Blood Sword" refers to his weapon, a red-bladed sword.
- Law Chung-wah as Hua Jianxiong, Hua Yingxiong and Jieyu's son.
- Veronica Yip as Ziyi, a mercenary hired by the Chi family. She is similar in appearance to Jieyu, Hua Yingxiong's deceased wife.
- Yeung Chak-lam as Chi Lianyingwang, the patriarch of the Chi family.
- Esther Kwan as Qiongtian / Hua Wenying, Hua Yingxiong and Jieyu's lost-long daughter who becomes the evil leader of the Hell School.
- Eric Wan as Situ Mowen, an evil martial artist who becomes Hua Jianxiong's bitter rival.
- Kwan Chan-nei as Si-ao, Guipu's daughter who has a crush on Hua Jianxiong.
- Chan Tung-mui as Taxue, Hua Jianxiong's wife.
- Lau Wun-fung as Situ Wuliang, Situ Mowen's father and a formidable antagonist. He turns out to be not Situ Mowen's real father.
- Mok Ka-yiu as Chi Yan, Chi Lianyingwang's son and Hua Yingxiong's apprentice.
- Hung Chi-shing as Guipu, the Hua family's servant.
- Jackie Lui as Yu Buwei, Hua Jianxiong's friend.
- Chan Chek-wai as Shengnu, the Hua family's servant who raised Hua Jianxiong.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Review on spcnet.tv