Name: Legend of Condor Heroes
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Action
Released: 2008-07-18
Rating: 8.9
Cast: Hu Ge, Ariel Lin, Yuan Hong, Liu Shi Shi, Xie Na

Hu Ge is a Chinese actor and singer. Born on September 20, 1982, he also goes by the name Hugh Hu. He began his entertainment career at the age of 14 when he hosted the show “Sunny Youth” on Shanghai Educational Television. He then had a breakthrough role in the 2004 television series “Chinese Paladin,” for which he also performed two soundtrack songs. Hu Ge has starred in many popular films and television series since then, including “Shangri-La” (2010), “Refresh 3+7” (2013), “Nirvana in Fire” (2014), “Good Times” (2015) and “Go! Goal! Fighting!” (2016).

Hu Ge

Guo Jing

Ariel Lin is the stage name of Lin Yi San, a Taiwanese actress and singer. Born on October 29, 1982, she studied Korean and literature at National Chengchi University in Taiwan and obtained her master’s degree in Arts in Acting for Screen at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama at the University of London. Ariel Lin was first discovered after she won the “Pretty Subway Girl” contest in Taiwan, allowing her to break into acting in television dramas. She rose to fame after her role as Yuan Xiang Qin in the popular 2005 drama “It Started With a Kiss” and the sequel “They Kiss Again” in 2008 brought her the Best Leading Actress in a Television Series at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards. Ariel Lin also has released many songs and albums since 2004, including several theme songs for television dramas.

Ariel Lin

Huang Rong

Yuan Hong is a Chinese actor and singer who was born on August 23, 1982, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. He attended the Shanghai Theater Academy and began his acting career in 2003. He rose to prominence with a role in the 2008 adaption of “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” and followed up with appearances on the variety V show “Takes a Real Man” in 2015 and a role in the hit period drama series “Great Expectations” in 2018. He has also recorded a number of songs for drama soundtracks.

Yuan Hong

Yang Kang

Liu Shi Shi, who also is known by the name Cecelia Liu, is a Chinese actress and ballerina. Born on March 10, 1987, in Beijing, she was a classically trained ballet dancer from the Beijing Dance Academy. Liu Shi Shi made her acting debut in the 2005 television drama “The Moon and the Wind.” She rose to fame in “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” (2008) and went on to star in many popular films and television dramas, including “The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber” (2009), “Scarlet Heart” (2011), “Scarlet Heart 2” (2014) and “The Imperial Doctress” (2016). Taiwanese actor Nicky Wu announced through social media in January 2015 that his marriage to Liu Shi Shi had been registered in Beijing. They met in 2011 on the set of “Scarlet Heart,” for which Liu Shi Shi won the Magnolia Award for the most popular actress and also made her singing debut on the soundtrack.

Liu Shi Shi

Mu Nian Ci

Xie Na

Hua Zheng

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When their husbands are killed by the Song Army, two pregnant women escape to foreign lands and both give birth to boys who are very different from each other. 

Guo Jing (Hu Ge) is a strong but dull-headed young man who grows up on the Mongolian prairie. Yang Kang (Justin Yuan) is a smart and skilled you man who is raised as the son of Wanyan Hong Lie (Guo Liang), a successor of the Jin Empire. 

The worlds of these two men collide when their respective martial arts masters make a secret pact, while their lives are further complicated by the love of two women, Huan Rong (Ariel Lin) and Mu Nian Ci (Liu Shi Shi). When Guo Jing and Yang Kang both learn the truth behind their fathers’ deaths, which one will choose the road of martial arts enlightenment and which will choose to descend into the darkness of evil and destruction? 

“The Legend of the Condor Heroes” is a 2008 Chinese drama series directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is based on a wuxia novel written by Louis Cha, which is the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was followed by The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, both of which were also adapted into television dramas.

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