The Legendary Fok | |
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Traditional Chinese | 大俠霍元甲 |
Simplified Chinese | 大侠霍元甲 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Daai6 Hap6 Fok3 Jyun4 Gaap3 |
Genre | Costume drama, martial arts |
Screenplay by | Cheung Wah-piu |
Directed by | Tsui Siu-ming |
Starring | Wong Yuen-sun Bruce Leung Michelle Yim Bonnie Ngai |
Opening theme | "The Great Wall Never Falls" (萬里長城永不倒) performed by Johnny Yip |
Composer | Michael Lai |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer | Tsui Siu-ming |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Original release | |
Network | RTV |
Release | 28 September 1981 |
The Legendary Fok is a Hong Kong television series loosely based on the life of the Chinese martial artist Huo Yuanjia (Cantonese: Fok Yuen-gap). It includes a subplot based on the story of Chen Zhen (Cantonese: Chan Zan), a fictional student of Huo Yuanjia and the protagonist of the 1972 film Fist of Fury. The series was first broadcast in 1981 on RTV (now ATV) in Hong Kong.
A remake of the series, Huo Yuanjia (The Legendary Fok 2008), was released in 2008. It was directed by Kuk Kwok-leung and starred Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Zhou Muyin, Bryan Leung, Ding Li and Qu Yue.
The opening theme song "The Great Wall Never Falls", performed by Johnny Yip, was reused as the opening theme song of Huo Yuanjia (2008) and Huo Yuanjia (2001). However, in Huo Yuanjia (2001), the song was sung in Mandarin instead of Cantonese and was not sung by Yip.