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Against the Blade of Honour (1997)

Against the Blade of Honour poster
Original title
圓月彎刀
Cast
Louis Koo, Noel Leung, Irene Wan, Eddie Cheung
Genre
drama television series
Country
Hong Kong
Length
1 season, 20 episodes
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A skilled swordsman becomes entangled in a web of honor and betrayal in the wuxia world. The series follows his journey through conflicts with other martial artists and his struggle with a legendary curved blade.

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What happens

Against the Blade of Honour (圓月彎刀) is a Hong Kong wuxia television series adapted from the novel Yuanyue Wandao by Gu Long. The series was released overseas in June 1996 before airing on TVB Jade in July 1997 in Hong Kong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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