The Mystery of the Condor Hero (1993)

Original title

射雕英雄傳之九陰真經

Directed by

Poon Ka Tak

Cast

John Chiang, Fiona Leung, Julian Cheung, Emily Kwan, Law Lok Lam, Kwan Hoi San, Bau Fong, Liu Kai Chi

Genre

drama television series, wuxia

Country

Hong Kong

Length

1 season, 20 episodes

How it feels

This is a prequel story about a martial arts master named Huang Yaoshi. It shows his younger days and the events that shaped him before the main story of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

melancholicromantictragicslow-burnvisually lushheroicnostalgicintense

What happens

The Mystery of the Condor Hero (射鵰英雄傳之九陰真經) is a Hong Kong wuxia television series loosely adapted from the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong, serving as a backstory for the character Huang Yaoshi. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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