The Legendary Fok Explained

Native Name:
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T:Chinese: 大俠霍元甲
S:Chinese: 大侠霍元甲
P:Daai6 Hap6 Fok3 Jyun4 Gaap3
Genre:Costume drama, martial arts
Screenplay:Cheung Wah-piu
Director:Tsui Siu-ming
Starring:Wong Yuen-sun
Bruce Leung
Michelle Yim
Bonnie Ngai
Opentheme:"The Great Wall Never Falls" (Chinese: 萬里長城永不倒) performed by Johnny Yip
Composer:Michael Lai
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Num Episodes:20
Producer:Tsui Siu-ming
Location:Hong Kong
Runtime:45 minutes per episode
Channel:RTV

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.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Remake

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.

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