Chinese Paladin (TV series)

Chinese Paladin
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Also known as	The Sword and the Fairy
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	仙劍奇俠傳
Simplified Chinese	仙剑奇侠传
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiān Jiàn Qí Xiá Zhuàn
Genre	Wuxia Romance Fantasy Adventure
Written by	Deng Liqi Huang Haolan Zhong Zhenglong
Directed by	Wu Jinyuan Liang Shenzhi Mai Guanzhi
Starring	Hu Ge Liu Yifei Ady An Esther Liu Eddie Peng
Opening theme	Kill the Broken Wolf by JS
Ending theme	Finally Understand by Power Station
Composer	Mak Chun Hung
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	34 (Taiwan) 38 (Mainland China)
Production
Producer	Lee Kwok-lap
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	14 January 2005 (2005-01-14) – February 2005 (2005-02)
Network	CBG (Mainland China)
Release	31 January 2005 (2005-01-31) – February 2005 (2005-02)
Related
Chinese Paladin 3 (2009) Chinese Paladin 5 (2016)
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Chinese Paladin
Chinese Paladin intertitle
Traditional Chinese	仙劍奇俠傳
Simplified Chinese	仙剑奇侠传
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiān Jiàn Qí Xiá Zhuàn

Chinese Paladin (traditional Chinese: 仙劍奇俠傳; simplified Chinese: 仙剑奇侠传; pinyin: Xiān Jiàn Qí Xiá Zhuàn) is a 2005 Chinese fantasy television series adapted from the popular Taiwanese adventure role-playing video game The Legend of Sword and Fairy by Softstar Entertainment. The series was produced by Tangren Media and Chinese Entertainment Shanghai and starred cast members from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. It was first broadcast in January 2005 on CTV and CBG in Taiwan and Mainland China respectively. The drama was hugely popular in China and achieved high ratings of 2.7.^[1]