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*The Legend of the Condor Heroes*
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
	Official poster
Also known as	The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	射鵰英雄傳
Simplified Chinese	射雕英雄传
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn
Genre	Wuxia
Based on	The Legend of the Condor Heroes; by Louis Cha
Directed by	Lee Kwok-lap
Starring	Hu Ge; Ariel Lin; Justin Yuan; Cecilia Liu
Opening theme	Lonesome Heroes by Ronald Cheng
Ending theme	Dark Clouds by Hu Ge
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	50
Production
Producer	Karen Tsoi
Production location	China
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company	Chinese Entertainment Shanghai Limited
Original release
Network	KMTV-1
Release	18 July 2008 –; 2008

The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a 2008 Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai, and stars Hu Ge, Ariel Lin, Justin Yuan and Cecilia Liu. The series was first broadcast on KMTV-1 in China in July 2008, This is the version with the most plot changes.

Cast

Hu Ge as Guo Jing
Ariel Lin as Huang Rong
Justin Yuan as Yang Kang
Cecilia Liu as Mu Nianci
Wu Yujuan as Li Ping
Ren Tianye as Guo Xiaotian
Kathy Chow as Bao Xiruo
Weng Jiaming as Yang Tiexin
Guo Liang as Wanyan Honglie
Anthony Wong as Huang Yaoshi
Bryan Leung as Hong Qigong
Elvis Tsui as Ouyang Feng
Li Yu as Zhou Botong
Xiao Rongsheng as Yideng
Zhao Yi as Qiu Chuji
Deng Limin as Ke Zhen'e
Jin Liang as Zhu Cong
Guo Ming'er as Han Baoju
Han Zhi as Nan Xiren
Chen Gang as Zhan A'sheng
Wang Zhenquan as Quan Jinfa
He Sirong as Han Xiaoying
Kong Wei as Mei Chaofeng
Wang Yunchao as Chen Xuanfeng
Ba Yin as Temüjin (Genghis Khan)
Xu Shengnan as Tolui
Tan Jianchang as Jebe
Xie Na as Huazheng
Li Yuan as Jochi
Yu Jinsheng as Ögedei
Bai Quanbao as Chagatai
Yan Hongzhi as Jamukha
Wang Xiaochen as Feng Heng
Yang Yi as Ma Yu
Ji Qilin as Wang Chongyang
Yang Guang as Wang Chuyi
Xu Xiaoming as Hao Datong
Liu Jianwei as Tan Chuduan
Gong Zhixi as Liu Chuxuan
Qiu Zi as Sun Bu'er
Li Jie as Ouyang Ke
Wang Jianguo as Qiu Qianren / Qiu Qianzhang
Liu Yiqin as Yinggu
Yang Yifan as Lu Chengfeng
Ying Jun as Lu Guanying
Wang Shasha as Shagu
Zhang Bojun as Lu Youjiao
Song Yang as Yin Zhiping
Zhang Lei as Wanyan Hongxi
Yu Zikuan as Wanyan Jin (Emperor Zhangzong)
An Ruiyun as Ala ad-Din Muhammad II
Lou Yejiang as Xie Bin
Huang Wei as Jiancheng
Xue Jian as Weicheng
He Yan as Si Jiji
Lu Yong as Duan Tiande
Xu Ming as Sha Tongtian
Laopi as Peng Lianhu
Guo Qiming as Liang Ziweng
Du Hongjun as Hou Tonghai
Xiao Bing as Zhang San
Li Qingxiang as Lingzhi Shangren

Soundtrack

Yingxiong Mo (英雄寞; Lonesome Heroes) by Ronald Cheng
Wuyun Ran (乌云然; Dark Clouds) by Hu Ge
Yingxiong Dao (英雄道; Path of a Hero) by William So
Wo Zhineng Aini (我只能爱你; I Can Only Love You) by Peng Qing

Production

Hu Ge was involved in a car accident on 29 August 2006 while travelling from Hengdian to Shanghai on the highway, resulting in the shooting of the series being delayed due to recovery from his injuries.

During the shooting delay due to Hu Ge's recovery from the accident, the filmmakers started a new project The Fairies of Liaozhai (2007) to keep the crew members occupied while waiting to resume work on The Legend of the Condor Heroes.^[1]

Sun Xing was originally cast as Hong Qigong but was later replaced by Bryan Leung due to the delay resulting from Hu Ge's recovery, which made Sun decide to move on, causing legal conflict. Sun filmed some scenes prior to his replacement, and those scenes were reshot again later with Leung taking over Sun's role.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Segments from The Young Warriors (2006) were reused for the flashback scene depicting Yang Zaixing's death.

The Song military costumes were originally made for The Young Warriors (2006). The Mongol military costumes were later reused in A Weaver on the Horizon (2010).

Reception

The series was generally well received in China, despite courting some controversy by changing certain portions of the novel for aesthetic purposes to reach modern audiences.^[5]

Some antagonists, such as Yang Kang and Wanyan Honglie, also deviate from their counterparts in the novel, to the point that they are portrayed in a more positive light. Other significant deviations from the original story include: greater drama in the rivalry between Guo Jing and Yang Kang; the Yangs' troubled relationship with each other before they acknowledge themselves as family and Yang Kang's desire for vengeance after his parents' deaths; Yang Kang meeting his newborn son and raising the child with Mu Nianci months before his death; Yang Kang's final repentance before letting Ouyang Feng kill him. This resulted in criticism from the audience, who said that the series resembled a Chiung Yao drama where there are often unnecessary and exaggerated conflicts inserted into the storyline.^[6]^[7]