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The series is set in the [[Wuxia#Jianghu|''mou-lam'']] (martial artists' community) of China. A grey-haired Wah Ying-hung travels alone to settle an old feud between the Wah and Chek families. He |
The series is set in the [[Wuxia#Jianghu|''mou-lam'']] (martial artists' community) of China. A grey-haired Wah Ying-hung travels alone to an island to settle an old feud between the Wah and Chek families. He has been separated from his family for over 20 years after they were ambushed by his enemies while they were sailing back to China from America. Wah's wife, Kit-yu, was killed by the attackers; their daughter, Mun-ying, was thrown overboard and presumed dead; their son, Kim-hung, was raised by Wah's servant Sang-no. |
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Wah Kim-hung becomes bitter enemies with Sze-to Mok-mun after the latter killed Sang-no. He also encounters Tap-suet by chance, falls in love with her, and marries her. However, they incur the jealousy of Si-ngo, the daughter of Wah Ying-hung's servant Kwai-buk, because she has a crush on Wah Kim-hung. In the meantime, Wah Ying-hung resolves the Wah-Chek feud and becomes an ally of Chek Lin Ying-wong, the Chek family patriarch. He also accepts Chek's son, Chek Ngan, as his apprentice. Wah Kim-hung reunites with his father later. Wah Ying-hung also develops a crush on Tze-yi, one of the Chek family's mercenaries, because she resembles Kit-yu in appearance. |
Wah Kim-hung becomes bitter enemies with Sze-to Mok-mun after the latter killed Sang-no. He also encounters Tap-suet by chance, falls in love with her, and marries her. However, they incur the jealousy of Si-ngo, the daughter of Wah Ying-hung's servant Kwai-buk, because she has a crush on Wah Kim-hung. In the meantime, Wah Ying-hung resolves the Wah-Chek feud and becomes an ally of Chek Lin Ying-wong, the Chek family patriarch. He also accepts Chek's son, Chek Ngan, as his apprentice. Wah Kim-hung reunites with his father later. Wah Ying-hung also develops a crush on Tze-yi, one of the Chek family's mercenaries, because she resembles Kit-yu in appearance. |
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Revision as of 15:05, 13 November 2016
| The Blood Sword | |
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| Genre | Wuxia |
| Written by | Ma Wing-shing (original story) |
| Directed by | Cheung Kin-wai |
| Starring | Kenny Ho Law Chung-wah Veronica Yip Yeung Chak-lam Esther Kwan Eric Wan |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Chiu Chun-keung |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Running time | 20 minutes per episode |
| Production company | ATV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ATV |
| Release | June 11, 1990 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中華英雄 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中华英雄 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Chinese Hero | ||||||||||
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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 ATV and first aired in June 1990. It was followed by a 1991 prequel, The Blood Sword 2.
Plot
The series is set in the mou-lam (martial artists' community) of China. A grey-haired Wah Ying-hung travels alone to an island to settle an old feud between the Wah and Chek families. He has been separated from his family for over 20 years after they were ambushed by his enemies while they were sailing back to China from America. Wah's wife, Kit-yu, was killed by the attackers; their daughter, Mun-ying, was thrown overboard and presumed dead; their son, Kim-hung, was raised by Wah's servant Sang-no.
Wah Kim-hung becomes bitter enemies with Sze-to Mok-mun after the latter killed Sang-no. He also encounters Tap-suet by chance, falls in love with her, and marries her. However, they incur the jealousy of Si-ngo, the daughter of Wah Ying-hung's servant Kwai-buk, because she has a crush on Wah Kim-hung. In the meantime, Wah Ying-hung resolves the Wah-Chek feud and becomes an ally of Chek Lin Ying-wong, the Chek family patriarch. He also accepts Chek's son, Chek Ngan, as his apprentice. Wah Kim-hung reunites with his father later. Wah Ying-hung also develops a crush on Tze-yi, one of the Chek family's mercenaries, because she resembles Kit-yu in appearance.
Wah Mun-ying had actually survived and was renamed "Ging-tin". She was raised by Yuen-lo-wong of the Hell Sect and groomed to become the sect's leader. She developed a cruel and treacherous personality under Yuen-lo-wong's influence and eventually murdered her foster father to secure her position in the Hell Sect. She pretends to love Sze-to Mok-mun and manipulates him to help her. With support from Sze-to and the Japanese Iga Sect's ninjas, Ging-tin leads the Hell Sect to attack other martial arts sects in her ambition to dominate the mou-lam. She also incites conflict between Sze-to Mou-leung (Sze-to Mok-mun's "father") and the Iga Sect, after discovering that Sze-to Mok-mun is actually the biological son of the Iga Sect's leader.
Wah Ying-hung and his son combines forces with the Chek family and other sects to resist the Hell Sect and its allies. He restores peace in the mou-lam after defeating and reluctantly killing his evil daughter.
Cast
- Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.
- Kenny Ho as Wah Ying-hung
- Law Chung-wah as Wah Kim-hung
- Veronica Yip as Tze-yi / Kit-yu
- Yeung Chak-lam as Chek Lin Ying-wong
- Esther Kwan as Ging-tin / Wah Mun-ying
- Eric Wan as Sze-to Mok-mun
- Kwan Jan-nei as Si-ngo
- Chan Tung-mui as Tap-suet
- Lau Wun-fung as Sze-to Mou-leung
- Mok Ka-yiu as Chek Ngan
- Hung Chi-shing as Kwai-buk
- Jackie Lui as Yu Bat-wai
- Chan Chek-wai as Sang-no