7.4 /10 1 Votes
Network China Television | 7.4/10 IMDb First episode date 3 September 1979 Number of episodes 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Wong Tin-lamLee Siu-tuenLee Yiu-manWong Kin-fanYau Ka-hungLam Kuen Starring Adam ChengAngie ChiuLiza Wang Similar The Heaven Sword an, The Legend of Chu Liuxi, The New Adventures of Chor L, Dragon Gate, Die Sterntaler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chor Lau-heung is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Chu Liuxiang Chuanqi of Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series. Adam Cheng starred as the titular protagonist, Chor Lau-heung (Cantonese for "Chu Liuxiang"). The series was first broadcast on TVB on September 3, 1979.
Contents
The 65 episodes long series was divided into four parts: The Legend of Mo-fa (無花傳奇), The Great Desert (大沙漠), Legend of the Divine Palace (神宮傳奇) and The Final Battle (最後一戰).
Cast
Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.Controversy with RTV's It Takes a Thief
In 1979 around the time TVB released Chor Lau-heung, another Hong Kong television station RTV produced a similar television series titled It Takes a Thief. TVB and RTV became involved in copyright lawsuits against each other because of similarities between Chor Lau-heung and It Takes a Thief. TVB won the lawsuits and eventually RTV had to change the Chinese title of It Takes a Thief from 盜帥留香 to 俠盜風流, and the names of characters in the television series. It Takes a Thief started airing on 1 September 1979, two days earlier than TVB's Chor Lau-heung.
Reception
The series received good reviews from viewers in Taiwan after the first two episodes were first aired on CTV as part of the Golden Bell Awards screenings. Following that, CTV acquired rights from Hong Kong's TVB to broadcast the entire series in Taiwan, starting on April 18, 1982, under a Mandarin voice dub.
Music
Chor lau heung (楚留香) is an album by Hong Kong actor and singer Adam Cheng. It was released by Crown Records in 1979. The titular song and "Hatred of Lau Heung" (留香恨) are heard in the television series. The titular song was picked by RTHK as one of the Top Ten Gold Songs of 1979. In this album, lyricist Cheng Kwok-Kong (鄭國江) is credited as Kong Yu (江羽).
- "Chor Lau Heung" (楚留香) – 3:18
- "Oh Gal" – 3:03; lyrics by Cheng Kwok-Kong (鄭國江)
- "Hatred of Lau Heung" (留香恨 "lau heung han") – 3:48
- "Nan hing nan dai" (難兄難弟) – 2:48
- "Don't Ask a Hero" (不要問好漢 "bat yiu man hou heon") – 3:39
- "Gip hau ching" (劫後情) – 3:16
- "San lung Ng Fu Jeung" (神龍五虎將) – 2:55
- "Ji yau yuen mei yau fan" (只有緣未有份) – 3:35
- "My Green Home Resembles a Willow Tree" (楊柳像我家一般青綠 "Yeung lau jeung ngo ka yat boon ching yuen") – 4:16
- "King sam yat siu jung" (傾心一笑中) – 3:00
- "Koo mung chung wan" (故夢重溫) – 2:43
- "Chor Lau Heung (instrumental)" (楚留香音樂) – 3:02