The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1994 TV series)

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese倚天屠龍記
Simplified Chinese倚天屠龙记
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǐ Tiān Tú Lóng Jì
GenreWuxia
Based onThe Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
by Louis Cha
Directed byLai Shui-ching
StarringSteve Ma
Cecilia Yip
Kathy Chow
Opening themeSuiyu Er'an (隨遇而安) performed by Wong Jim
Ending themeAi Jiangshan Geng Ai Meiren (愛江山更愛美人) performed by Lily Lee
Country of originTaiwan
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes64
Production
ProducerYoung Pei-pei
Production locationTaiwan
Running time45 minutes per episode
Original release
NetworkTTV
Release10 March 1994 (1994-03-10)
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The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, also known as The Legend of Dragon Slayer Sword, is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TTV in Taiwan in 1994. In this adaptation, the plot of the story is procrastinating, but the overall story is more complete, and the feelings of the play is more delicate and touching than other versions. It also corrected many unreasonable parts of the original story, and the ending of the plot is more in line with the plot of the original serial story.