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Simply Ordinary

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Genre
drama television series
Country
Hong Kong

How it feels

This series follows Lam Sai-wing, a young martial artist in Hong Kong, before he becomes the disciple of folk hero Wong Fei-hung. It presents a fictional story about his early life and struggles.

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What happens

Simply Ordinary is a 1998 Hong Kong martial arts television series produced by TVB and stars Gordon Lam as famed martial artist Lam Sai-wing, who was also a known disciple of folk hero Wong Fei-hung. The series tells a largely fictional story of Lam before he became Wong's disciple. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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