Chor Lau-heung | |
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Traditional Chinese | 楚留香新傳 |
Simplified Chinese | 楚留香新传 |
Literal meaning | New Legends of Chu Liuxiang |
Hanyu Pinyin | Chǔ Líuxiāng Xīnzhuàn |
Genre | Wuxia |
Based on | Chu Liuxiang Series by Gu Long |
Screenplay by | Yao Ching-kang Wang Chung-jen |
Directed by | Chang Peng-i Li Yue-feng Hsu Sheng-yu |
Starring | Adam Cheng |
Opening theme | Yun Yi (雲漪) performed by Fei Yu-ching |
Country of origin | Taiwan |
Original languages | Mandarin Cantonese (dubbed.) |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producers | Chou Ling-kang Men Tzu-chian Chen Kuo-chi |
Running time | 120 minutes per episode |
Release | |
Original network | CTV |
Original release | 11 February 1985 – 2 March 1986 |
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