Ao Jian Jiang Hu

A sweeping, tragic wuxia epic where loyalty and revenge collide across generations, demanding attention but rewarding with emotional depth.

Created by

Lee Tat-Chiu

Genres

Action & adventure

Starring

Apollo Yu Bo, Junyi Yang, Yuki Hsu

Overview

Song general Zhan Hao is pressured by three imperial edicts into slaughtering a village that refuses to hand over an iron ore mine. His expecting wife is accidentally killed trying to stop the massacre from happening. Before she dies, she gives birth to a son, who is eventually saved and adopted by the village magistrate Fang Zian. In the resulting political unrest, Zhan is made the scapegoat and is jailed for treason. With his entire family executed, the disgraced general escapes from prison and kidnaps the infant prince from the palace, vowing to overthrow Song with a royal descendant! Twenty years later, the young prince grows up to carry out Zhan, his foster father's order to topple the Empire, while the Song Emperor sends Fang's adopted son to infiltrate a group of rebels led by his real father, Zhan...

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Revenge, betrayal, family, loyalty

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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