Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982 film)

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Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

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DVD cover art
Traditional 天龍八部
Simplified 天龙八部
Mandarin Tiān Lóng Bā Bù
Directed by Siu Sang
Produced by Siu Sang
Written by Louis Cha
Starring Norman Chu
Kent Tong
Felix Wong
Idy Chan
Lam Jan-kei
Austin Wai
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
Approximately 90 min.
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, also known as Dragon Story, is a 1982 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The film was directed and produced by Siu Sang and starred Norman Chu, Kent Tong, Felix Wong, Idy Chan, Lam Jan-kei and Austin Wai. The film is not to be confused with the television series of the same title produced by TVB, which was also released in the same year and shared some common cast members (Tong, Wong and Chan played the same roles in the television series as well).

Jin Yong Chinese writer

Louis Cha Jing-yong, better known by his pen name Jin Yong (金庸), was a Chinese wuxia novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and served as its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer.

<i>Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils</i> book

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong. It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers Ming Pao in Hong Kong and Nanyang Siang Pau in Singapore. It has since spawned adaptations in film and television in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan.

Kent Tong Chun-yip, also known as Ken Tong, Kenneth Tong, was born on 29 September 1958 in Hong Kong. He was a popular Television Broadcast TVB actor during the 1980s in Hong Kong, named as "Prince" among Five Tiger Generals of TVB.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.
Felix Wong Hong Kong actor

Felix Wong Yat-wah is a Hong Kong actor best known for his performances in many wuxia television series produced by TVB, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983), in which he played the protagonist Kwok Ching. He is considered to be one of the most popular teen idols of the 1980s and was named as "Third Tiger" among Five Tiger Generals of TVB.

Idy Chan Yuk Lin is a popular Hong Kong TV actress, especially during the 1980s and was named as one of the Five Beauties of TVB.

Eddy Ko Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor who has worked on the TV stations RTV, TVB and ATV.

Hong Kong Movie DataBase database of films originating from Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Movie DataBase (HKMDB) is a bilingual website that was created in 1995 by Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people who created them.


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