The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

 

 

Details

• Title: 倚天屠龙记 / Yi Tian Tu Long Ji
• Also known as: The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
• Genre: Wuxia
• Episodes: 40
• Broadcast network: CTS / BTV-4
• Broadcast year: 2003

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.

Cast

• Alec Su as Zhang Cui Shan and Zhang Wu Ji
  • Shi Xiao Long as young Zhang Wu Ji
• Alyssa Chia as Zhao Min
• Gao Yuan Yuan as Zhou Zhi Ruo
• Florence Tan as Xiao Zhao
• Chen Zi Han as Zhu Er
• Zhang Tie Lin as Yang Xiao
• Bao Yi Lin as Yang Bu Hui
  • Zhang Yi Jing as young Yang Bu Hui
• Phyllis Quek as Yin Su Su
• Elvis Tsui as Xie Xun
• Zhang Guo Li as Cheng Kun / Yuan Zhen
• Wang Gang as Wang Ye
• Tao Hong as Ji Xiao Fu
• Yan Qing Yu (阎青妤) as Granny Golden Flower
• Yan Min Qiu (严敏裘) as Priestess Mie Jue