The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Seen it?1983 | 3 seasons | 42 min | Drama, Action & Adventure
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved The Day of the Jackal or The Last Kingdom, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 42 minutes, about 41 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Cantonese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1983. The 59 episodes long series is divided into three parts. This 1983 version is considered by many to be a classic television adaptation of the novel and features the breakthrough role of Barbara Yung, who played Huang Rong.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
4 wins and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 27K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up.
- 铁血丹心1983 · 19 episodesNot rated yet
- 东邪西毒1983 · 20 episodesNot rated yet
- 华山论剑1983 · 20 episodesNot rated yet
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Cast & crew
Created by Johnnie To
- Felix Wong Yat-wah郭靖
- Barbara Yung黄蓉
- Michael Miu Kiu-wai楊康
- Sharon Yeung穆念慈
- Danny Lau Dan洪七公
- Yeung Chak-Lam歐陽鋒
- Kenneth Tsang黃藥師
- Chun Wong老頑童
- Ha Yue丘處機
- Kong Ngai柯鎮惡