Against the Blade of Honour

Against the Blade of Honour
GenreWuxia
Based onFull Moon Scimitar
by Gu Long
Written byLau Choi-wun
Sit Ka-wah
Wong Wai-keung
Cheung Man-chun
Directed byLeung Tak-wah
Hui Mei-kwan
Lai Tze-gim
Lai Suk-fong
Tang Gam-chuen
StarringLouis Koo
Noel Leung
Irene Wan
Mickey Chu
Eileen Yeow
Cheung Siu-fai
Opening themeYi Nan Ping (意難平) performed by Christine Ng
Ending themeYuen Yuet Ha Nei Loi Yi Ngo (圓月下你來依我) performed by Christine Ng
ComposerJoseph Koo
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducerSiu Hin-fai [zh]
Production locationHong Kong
EditorSit Ka-wah
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB
Release3 July (1997-07-03) –
30 July 1997 (1997-07-30)
Against the Blade of Honour
Traditional Chinese圓月彎刀
Simplified Chinese圆月弯刀
Literal meaningRound Moon Curved Blade
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuányuè Wāndāo
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJyun4 Jyut6 Waan1 Dou1

Against the Blade of Honour is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Gu Long's novel Full Moon Scimitar. The series was released overseas in June 1996 before airing on TVB Jade in July 1997 in Hong Kong.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

  • Louis Koo as Ding Pang
  • Noel Leung as Ching-ching
  • Cheung Siu-fai as Lau Yeuk-chung
  • Irene Wan as Chun Ho-ching
  • Cheung Yik as Yam Tin-hang
  • Lee Ying as Tse Siu-yuk
  • Wong Wai as Tse Hiu-fung
  • Mickey Chu as King Mo-ming
  • Kwan Ching as Tse Sing
  • Cheng Lui as Fong Ngo-tin