Da Tang You Xia Zhuan (Paladins in Troubled Times)
Da Tang You Xia Zhuan (Paladins in Troubled Times)
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Adapted by China director/producer Zhang Ji Zhong from Liang Yu Sheng’s wuxia trilogy and released in Aug 2008. This is the producer’s latest work right after his epic Bi Xue Jian.
It tells the story of Tie Mo Le’s adventure in wu ling as he hunts the killer of his family. Brought up from young by a leader in the Flying Tiger Mountain clan he was schooled in martial arts but endowed with a hot temper that controlled him.
He was repeatedly defeated by the henchmen surrounding his sworn enemy An Lu Shan but fortunately encountered a very highly skilled begger who imparted to him various martial arts skills. As he became better in his martial arts he also was able to restrained his bad temper. He made friends with other righteous fighters as well as some court officials of the Tang Dynasty.
He fell in love with the adopted sister (Wang Yan Yu) of his arch nemesis Wang Long Ke working for his enemy. She was directly responsible for letting An Lu Shan’s soldiers into the Flying Tiger camp and the death of his adoptive father at the hands of a mysterious hooded figure leading An Lu Shan’s men.
Much of the story then revolves around the rebellion of An Lu Shan against the Tang emporer and Tie Mo Le’s involvement in fighting against this uprising as well as his suppressed love for Wang Yan Yu.
This series also starred the Thai actor Tae in a major supporting role. He was in the enemy camp and has the unusual name of Kong Kong Er and his main weapon is an umbrella. He’s a mastr in jin gong (fleet footed) as well as martial arts. Over time in his encounters with Tie Mo Le and friends he fell in love with Xia Ling Shuang and he changed sides and no longer willing to help the An Lu Shan faction.
If you liked Bi Xue Jian then you will definitely like this show. It has smooth pace as well as the epic wuxia feel that is the tradecraft of Zhang Ji Zhong. It has his signature vibrant colours and authentic sets. It is better than Bi Xue Jian in that main character and his friends are all involved in the bitter fight, both physical as well as strategic planning in ending the revolt.
Ratings: A very solid 4 out of 5
Starring:
Huang Wei De , Liu Tian Yue , Tong Chun Chung ,He Zhuo Yan (Actor) | TAE (Sattawat Settakron) Lu Chen , Chen Xiao Hai
Opening Theme
Ending Theme
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Tagged with: Arch Nemesis • Bad Temper • Da Tang • Flying Tiger • Hot Temper • Kong Kong • Liang Yu Sheng • Long Ke • Lu Shan • Smooth Pace • Tang Dynasty • Thai Actor • Tiger Camp • Tiger Mountain • Vibrant Colours • Wang Long • Wang Yan • Wu Ling • Wuxia • Yan Yu • Zhang Ji
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