The Legendary Fok

The Legendary Fok

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Genre Costume drama, martial arts
Written by Cheung Wah-piu
Directed by Tsui Siu-ming
Starring Wong Yuen-sun
Bruce Leung
Michelle Yim
Bonnie Ngai
Opening theme Man Lei Cheung Sing Wing Bat Dou (萬里長城永不倒) performed by Johnny Yip
Composer(s) Michael Lai
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Producer(s) Tsui Siu-ming
Location(s) Hong Kong
Running time 45 minutes per episode
Release
Original network RTV
First shown in 28 September 1981
The Legendary Fok
Chinese 霍元甲
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 大俠霍元甲
Simplified Chinese 大侠霍元甲

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 (a.k.a. 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 of The Legendary Fok, 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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