New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1986.
| New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre | |||||||||||
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| Also known as | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 倚天屠龍記 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 倚天屠龙记 | ||||||||||
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| Genre | Wuxia | ||||||||||
| Based on | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Louis Cha | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Kwan Chin-bok Lo Hon-wah Tang Wai-ling Lee Yin-ping Lau Bak-nung | ||||||||||
| Directed by | Johnnie To Fung Pak-yuen Benny Chan Ng Chun-shing Nelson Cheung Wong Kam-tin | ||||||||||
| Starring | Tony Leung Sheren Tang Kitty Lai Maggie Shiu Carol Cheng Simon Yam Kenneth Tsang | ||||||||||
| Theme music composer | Michael Lai | ||||||||||
| Opening theme | Kim Bun Sui Tsoi (劍伴誰在) performed by Tony Leung and Anita Mui | ||||||||||
| Country of origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Original language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) | ||||||||||
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| Producer | Wong Tin-lam | ||||||||||
| Production location | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Editor | Tam Ling | ||||||||||
| Running time | 42 minutes per episode | ||||||||||
| Production company | TVB | ||||||||||
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| Network | TVB Jade | ||||||||||
| Release | 3 November – 30 December 1986 | ||||||||||
| Related | |||||||||||
| The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983–1984) | |||||||||||
Plot
editCast
edit- Tony Leung as Cheung Mo-kei
- Kitty Lai as Chiu Man
- Sheren Tang as Chow Chi-yeuk
- Ng Hin-wai as Yeung Bat-fui
- Yung Wai-man as Kei Hiu-fu
- Maggie Shiu as Siu-chiu
- Simon Yam as Cheung Tsui-san
- Carol Cheng as Yan So-so
- Chan On-ying as Yan Lei
- Kenneth Tsang as Tse Shun
- Wong Sun as Yu-yeung Prince
- Lau Kong as Sing Kwan
- Liu Kai-chi as Yu Doi-ngam
- Chun Hung as Sack Monk
- Wilson Tsui as Cheung Chung-kai
- Lee Shu-kah as Mok Sing-kuk
- Toi Chi-wai as Yan Lei-ting
- Bau Fong as Cheung Sam-fung
- Lung Tin-sang as Yu Lin-chow
- Tam Bing-man as Chu Cheung-ling
- Lau Dan as Ho Tai-chung
- Wong Man-yee as Ding Man-kwan
- Lee Heung-kam as Mit-juet
- Wong Wan-choi as Sung Yun-kiu
- Ho Shu-wing as Sung Ching-shu
- Chun Wong as Chow Din
- Mak Tsi-wan as Lang Hin
- Tsang Wai-ming as Pang Ying-yuk
- Cheung Lui as Yan Ye-wong
- Lam Tin as Yan Tin-cheng
- Benz Hui as Wai Yat-siu
- Leung Hung-wah as Seung Yu-chun
- Cheng Fan-sang as Luk Cheung-hak
- Chu Kong as Ha Bat-yung
- Michael Tao as Fan Yiu
- Amy Hu as Golden Flower Granny
- Ho Kwai-lam as Chan Yau-leung
- Mak Ho-wai as Chu Yun-cheung
- Shallin Tse as Yellow Dress Maiden
- Fung Kok as Wong Bo-bo
- Kwan Hoi-san as Wu Ching-ngau
- Yan Pak as Wong Nam-ku
- Lau Bik-yee as Chu Kau-chan
- Tsang Wai-wan as Mou Ching-ying
- Margie Tsang as Kwok Seung (cameo)
- Felix Lok as Do Dai-kam
- Lau Siu-ming
- Eddy Ko as Gok yun (cameo)