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Composer(s)
  
Joseph Koo

Original language(s)
  
Cantonese

Network
  
China Television

Genre
  
Wuxia

Written by
  
Gu Long, Wong Jing

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Country of origin
  
Hong Kong

First episode date
  
3 September 1979

Number of episodes
  
65

Cast
  
Adam Cheng, Liza Wang

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Directed by
  
Wong Tin-lamLee Siu-tuenLee Yiu-manWong Kin-fanYau Ka-hungLam Kuen

Starring
  
Adam ChengAngie ChiuLiza Wang

Opening theme
  
Chor Lau-heung (楚留香) performed by Adam Cheng

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.
  • Adam Cheng as Chor Lau-heung
  • Angie Chiu as So Yung-yung
  • Liza Wang as Shum Wai-san
  • Mary Hon as Shum Wai-lam
  • Ng Man-tat as Wu Tit-fa
  • Ching Hor-wai as Ko Ah-nam
  • Ha Yu as Kei Bing-ngan
  • Kwan Chung as Mo-fa
  • Wong Wan-choi as Nam-kung Ling
  • Wong Shee-tong as Chung-yuen Yat-dim-hung
  • Liu On-lai as Sung Tim-yee
  • Ko Miu-see as Lei Hung-sau
  • Susanna Au-yeung as Black Pearl
  • Lui Yau-wai as Yam Kei
  • Idy Chan as Yeung Ngan
  • Wong Hang-sau as Nam-kung Yin
  • Cheng Lai-fong as Yam Sin
  • Law Lan as So Sam-tse
  • Leung San as Shek Koon-yam
  • Louise Lee as Lau Mo-mei
  • So Hang-syun as Kuk Mo-yung
  • Sharon Yeung as Fung Fei-yin
  • Chan Man-yi as Cheung-suen Hung
  • Sheung-koon Yuk as Ko Tai-kwan
  • Kwan Hoi-san as Ko Koon-ying
  • Bak Man-biu as Ko Koon-chung
  • Ho Pik-kin as Ko Koon-yung
  • Cheung Ying-choi as King of Lou-lan
  • Amy Wu as Queen of Lou-lan
  • Sam-sam as Princess Pipa
  • Chan Hung-lit as Ting Tit-kon
  • Kam Hing-yin as Lang Chau-wan
  • Chong Man-ching as Ting Ching-ching
  • Shih Kien as Lei Koon-yu
  • Cheung Chung as Lei Yuk-ham
  • Kwok Fung as Shek Tor
  • Kam Kwok-wai as Siu-poon
  • Cheung Sang as Yam-chi
  • Law Kwok-wai as Wu On-ping
  • Cheung Tim-yau as Tai Tuk-hang
  • Lok Kung as Master Tin-fung
  • Chan Yau-hau as General Man
  • Tsui Kwong-lam as Bluebeard
  • Ho Lai-nam as Mount Yam Ghost Marshal
  • Kong Ngai as White Jade Demonic Beggar
  • Lee Kwok-lun as Pak-ming
  • Tam Chuen-hing as Tin-fung Sap-say-long
  • Ho Kwai-lam as Yu Wu-fa
  • Chu Kong as Sung Kong
  • Natalis Chan as Fei-ying
  • Cho Jai as Left Guardian
  • Chung Chi-keung as Right Guardian
  • Chow Kat as Si Tsat-long
  • Leung Hung-wah as Suen Hok-po
  • King Doi-yum as Ying-ying
  • Leung Oi as Abbess Ching-yam
  • Kent Tong
  • Liu Kai-chi
  • Barbara Chan
  • Wong Man-yee
  • Chan Yuk-lun
  • Mak Tsi-wan
  • Wong Jo-see
  • Leung Pik-ling
  • Yu Muk-lin
  • Chan On-ying

    • 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).

    Side A
    1. "Chor Lau Heung" (楚留香) – 3:18
    2. "Oh Gal" – 3:03; lyrics by Cheng Kwok-Kong (鄭國江)
    3. "Hatred of Lau Heung" (留香恨 "lau heung han") – 3:48
    4. "Nan hing nan dai" (難兄難弟) – 2:48
    5. "Don't Ask a Hero" (不要問好漢 "bat yiu man hou heon") – 3:39
    6. "Gip hau ching" (劫後情) – 3:16
    Side B
    1. "San lung Ng Fu Jeung" (神龍五虎將) – 2:55
    2. "Ji yau yuen mei yau fan" (只有緣未有份) – 3:35
    3. "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
    4. "King sam yat siu jung" (傾心一笑中) – 3:00
    5. "Koo mung chung wan" (故夢重溫) – 2:43
    6. "Chor Lau Heung (instrumental)" (楚留香音樂) – 3:02

    References

    Chor Lau-heung (1979 TV series) Wikipedia
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