The Vigilantes in Masks
| The Vigilantes in Masks | |
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.jpg) The Vigilantes In Masks intertitle | |
| Genre | Wuxia, romance, comedy |
| Directed by | Lee Kwok-lap |
| Starring |
Wallace Huo Cecilia Liu Ma Tianyu Shi Xingyu Edwin Siu Liu Kai-chi |
| Opening theme | "The Opening of the World and Plum Blossoms" (天地梅花開) performed by Hu Ge |
| Ending theme | "Bird of Paradise" (天堂鳥) performed by Zheng Jiajia |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Karen Tsoi |
| Location(s) | China |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode; 19:30 Daily (2 episodes per day) ShenzhenTV; 19:35 Daily (2 episodes per day) SoutheastTV |
| Production company(s) | Chinese Entertainment Shanghai |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV; SZMG ShenzhenTV, FMG SoutheastTV |
| Original release | January 1, 2011 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 怪俠一枝梅 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 怪侠一枝梅 | ||||||
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The Vigilantes in Masks is a Chinese television series produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai. Previous adaptations include a 1960 Hong Kong television series, a 1994 film, a 2005 TVB production, a 2008 SBS South Korean television drama, Iljimae, and a 2009 MBC South Korean adaptation The Return of Iljimae. The story is based on folktales of a Robin Hood-style hero who lived in the Ming Dynasty.[1]
Plot
Li Gexiao is a warrior and has intelligence matching his skills. He was previously a high ranking marshal with great law enforcement authority. However, after his enemy framed him with a crime he did not commit and executed his family, the former marshal was forced to become a fugitive. Years later, he came out of hiding to help a former colleague recover a cargo of stolen gold for disaster relief. He and three chivalrous strangers, thief Yan Sanniang, grifter He Xiaomei, and strongman Chai Hu, unite to form a heroic band of masked vigilantes called "Yi Zhi Mei", who rob the rich and corrupt to help the poor and helpless, always leaving a plum flower at the scene as their calling card. In the jianghu, they are also known to fight injustice, corruption and oppression by the government.
Cast
- Wallace Huo as Li Gexiao (離歌笑)
- Cecilia Liu as Yan Sanniang (燕三娘)
- Ma Tianyu as He Xiaomei (賀小梅) (He Yunhu - 賀雲虎)
- Shi Xingyu as Chai Hu (柴胡)
- Edwin Siu as Ying Wuqiu (應無求) (Bao Laiying - 包來硬)
- Deng Limin as Yan Song (嚴嵩)
- Liu Kai-chi as Zheng Dongliu (鄭東流)
- Zhang Shann as Zhang Bao (張豹)
- Ethan Yao as Zhang Zhong (張忠)
- Huang Shijia as Miao Xiaoqing (苗小青)
- Xie Meng as Miao Xiaoying (苗小英)
- Dai Chunrong as Abbess Wugou (無垢師太)
- Guan Xiaotong as Chai Yan (柴嫣)
- Wang Chunyuan as Chu Gou (芻狗)
- Ma Xiaoqian as Lin Shuangshuang (林霜霜)
- Lü Yi as Su Ying (蘇櫻)
- Li Bo as Xiao Ben (蕭本)
- Zheng Xiaodong as Liang Ri (梁日)
- Yuan Shanshan as Bingbing (冰冰)
- Tong Liya as Jing Ruyi (荊如憶)
- Wen Haibei as Hai Rui (海瑞)
- Zhang Lei as Jiajing Emperor (明世宗)
- Zhang Mingming as Yan Shifan (嚴世蕃)
- Lou Qi as Bao Son (保公子)
- Guo Jun as Chen Dong (陳東) (He Donglai - 賀東來)
- Li Qingxiang as Taoist Xuanxu (玄虛道長)
- Yang Yi as Liang Yue (梁月)
List of featured songs
- Tiandi Meihua Kai (天地梅花開; The Opening of the World and Plum Blossoms) performed by Hu Ge
- Tiantang Niao (天堂鳥; Bird of Paradise) performed by Zheng Jiajia
References
External links
- (Chinese) The Vigilantes In Masks on Sina.com