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The Legendary Swordsman

2000 · 1 season

A sweeping wuxia drama of tangled loyalties and forbidden love, unfolding with earnest emotion and measured, old-fashioned storytelling.

Created by
Chi Kai Fok, Woo Yee-Heung
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ma Jingtao, Chew Chor Meng, Jacelyn Tay
Overview
The Legendary Swordsman is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. It was first broadcast on TCS-8 in Singapore in 2000.

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Created by
Chi Kai Fok, Woo Yee-Heung
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ma Jingtao, Chew Chor Meng, Jacelyn Tay
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • love
  • power
Places
  • fantasy world
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism3
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
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Created by
Chi Kai Fok, Woo Yee-Heung
Starring
Ma Jingtao, Chew Chor Meng, Jacelyn Tay, Florence Tan, Ivy Lee, Fann Wong, Zheng Geping, Hong Huifang
Length
1 seasons, 40 episodes, 46 min each
Network
MediaCorp Channel 8
Country
Singapore
Languages
Mandarin

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