Set under the reign of Emperor Zhe Zong of Song, the story revolves around the experiences of Qiao Feng, leader of the beggar clan, Duan Yu, a prince of Dali and Xu Zhu, a Shaolin monk. The three protagonists become sworn brothers during their journey in the pugilistic world. Qiao Feng is the courageous leader of the beggar clan. Many look up to him as a hero for defending the people of Song. When Qiao Feng is accused of being of Khitan descent and labeled a traitor, he is shunned by his fellow martial artists. In Qiao Feng's quest to clear his name, he comes to learn the truth about his identity and meets the love of his life. He also crosses paths with Dali Prince Duan Yu and Shaolin Monk Xu Zhu. Duan Yu is a cheerful and bright young prince of Dali. Because of his peace-loving tendencies, he runs away to avoid being forced to learn martial arts but ends up inadvertently mastering powerful martial arts techniques. Successively, he meets Mu Wan Qing and Zhong Ling and falls deeply in love with Wang Yu Yan and her godlike beauty. However, Wang Yu Yan only has eyes for her cousin Murong Fu which complicates their relationship. Shaolin Monk Xu Zhu is innately pure. After being guided by a martial arts master, he also becomes a powerful martial artist. It starts the kind-hearted monk on an adventure he never imagined for himself. Caught in the conflict between Song and Liao, three intertwining stories are brought together in a story about their heroism. (Source: ChineseDrama.info) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Tian Long Ba Bu" (天龙八部) by Jin Yong (金庸). Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 天龙八部
- Also Known As: Tian Long Ba Bu , Xin Tian Long Ba Bu , 新天龙八部 , 天龍八部 , 新天龍八部
- Director: Yu Rong Guang
- Screenwriter: Yuan Zi Dan
- Genres: Comedy, Romance, Wuxia
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Cast & Credits
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![Tony Yang in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)]( "Tony Yang in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)")
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![Janice Man in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)]( "Janice Man in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)")
Janice ManWang Yu YanMain Role -
![Bai Shu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)]( "Bai Shu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)")
Bai ShuDuan YuMain Role -
![Zhang Tian Yang in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)]( "Zhang Tian Yang in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)")
Zhang Tian YangXu ZhuMain Role -
![Su Qing in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)]( "Su Qing in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)")
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![He Hong Shan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)]( "He Hong Shan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Chinese Drama (2021)")
He Hong ShanA ZiSupport Role
Reviews
Not Satisfied
If your looking for a wuxia drama, I would not bother watching. My first dislike is that this drama has an old feel to it, which for some people is a plus but it dosen't work for this re make.Storyline: Its not exactly spectacular - Duan yu, Qiao feng, Xu Zhu don't really cross paths and the reason they are sworn brothers happens because they bump into each other. Another problem is that the story in general dosen't leave you excited for the next episode - I find that sometimes I just watch the episode for the sake of watching it. There's no intense suspense as all. Duan Yu also basically has like no skills in this version as well. The fights are average, the CGI was a little weird with the tibet monk guy and it seemed like there was no modern cgi at all. The romance is not there at all, so if your looking for romance, yeah there's none at all. Im not a big romance fan, but it seemed like Duan Yu didn't have chemistry with lady wang at all. The ending of the story was lackluster and had nothing to it.
The acting is decent, but the storyline ruins the show in general. Would not watch again. If you thought that the novel could be bought to life, wait for the next re make. I usually don't leave negative reviews but this one was so bad that I had to.
Mediocre. Nothing stands out.
My insignificant 2 centsPros: beautiful landscapes, quite faithful to novel contents, acceptable use of CGI
Cons: Xu Zhu and fight with MRF appear too early, uncompelling plot, bad casting, mediocre choreography, lack chemistry between the casts, unflattering film texture(esp the filter), bad costume designs and some that I might missed.
In short, it is a mediocre adaptation that nothing stands out except getting attention for it's abysmal casting and depiction of the characters. Certain characters are tainted with unnecessary rendition(i.e.*cough*Duan Yu's urine.... *cough*). Although I don't enjoy this as much, in my POV it's not that flopped to get 3.5/10 in douban rating, but it's also not a good enough adaptation to stand up to such a big, big IP. If I were to recommend classic wuxia in the past 5 years, there are better works from Jin Yong IPs such as LOCH2017, HSDS2019 and for Gu Long IP HS2020.
