The Legend and the Hero (2007)

Original title

封神榜

Directed by

Jin Guo Zhao

Cast

Fan Bing Bing, Zhou Jie, Steve Ma, Liu De Kai, Priscelia Chan, Wu Ma, Miao Hai Zhong, Tay Ping Hui

Genre

action & adventure, drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Length

2 seasons, 78 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

How it feels

This Chinese TV series adapts a classic 16th century novel about gods, heroes, and mythical battles in ancient China. The story follows characters caught in a supernatural conflict between divine and mortal realms.

epicmythologicaldramaticaction-packedfantasticalhistoricalseriouslarge-scale

What happens

The Legend and the Hero was a 2007 Chinese television series adapted from the 16th-century novel Fengshen Yanyi (also known as Investiture of the Gods or Creation of the Gods) written by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. The first season started airing on CCTV-8 in February 2007. It was followed by a sequel, The Legend and the Hero 2 in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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