Dragon Strikes (1979)

Original title

天龍訣

Cast

Norman Tsui, Koo Kwan Chung, Yu On On, Jason Pai, Alex Man, Wong Wai, Law Lok Lam, Candy Wen

Country

British Hong Kong

Length

1 season, 60 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series is a Hong Kong martial arts drama from the 1970s. It follows the story as a sequel to a previous show, set during the Ming dynasty. The plot mixes martial arts conflicts with political struggles inside the imperial court.

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What happens

《天龍訣》，香港麗的電視製作的原創武俠劇，在1979年10月首播。本劇為同年播出的武俠劇《天蠶變》的續集。與《天蠶變》沒有明確時代背景不同（雖然種種跡象是明朝立國以後，因為有武當派而已非張三豐執掌，並可由天龍訣往前推算），《天龍訣》時代設定在明朝中葉正德年間，除江湖紛爭外，亦加入宮廷鬥爭情節。1984年顧冠忠受邀赴臺於華視拍攝由韋辛製作的臺製續集《天蠶再變》，背景、角色設定與《天龍訣》相似，唯劇情發展不同 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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