''The Legendary Fok'' is a Hong Kong television series loosely based on the life of the Chinese martial artist

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(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 ''

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''. 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.'' * Wong Yuen-sun as Fok Yuen-gap *

Bruce Leung Bruce Leung Siu-lung (born Leung Choi-sang; 28 April 1948) is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor who has appeared in many Hong Kong martial arts movies. He often appeared billed as "Bruce Leung", "Bruce Liang", "Bruce Leong", or "Bruce Leung Si ...

as Chan Zan *

Michelle Yim Michelle Yim Wai-ling (; born September 2, 1955), better known by her stage name ''Mai Suet'' (), is a Hong Kong actress and elder sister of former actress Sidney Yim Wai-ming also known by stage name ''Suet Lei'' (). She graduated from St. Rose ...

as Chiu Sin-nam * Bonnie Ngai as Wong Sau-chi (Sakurako) *

Newton Lai Newton Lai (; April 28, 1951– June 13, 2013) was a Hong Kong film and television actor, whose career spanned 1978 to 2013. Career In 1978, Lai began his career by appearing a series of martial arts films created by the Feng Huang Motion Pictur ...

as Lung Hoi-sang *

Bill Tung Bill Tung Biu () (March 30, 1933 in Hong Kong — February 22, 2006) was a Hong Kong actor and horse racing commentator. Tung started off as a jockey with his family racing horse stable. He was then recruited to become a horse racing commentator. ...

as Fok Yan-tai * Cheng Lui as Chiu Sing-hin * Mak Tin-yan as Wong Hei-man (Tanaka) *

Lau Kong Lau Kong () is a Hong Kong actor who worked on the network TVB. Biography Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now AT ...

as Fok Yuen-mou * Tam Wing-kit as Lau Chun-shing * Yeung Kar-on as Luk Tai-on * Gam San as Chiu Chun-nam * Yip Tin-hang as Chiu Chun-bak * Ng Kwok-sing as Fok Yuen-ying * Ng Wui as Chau-ye

Remake

A remake of the series, ''

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'' (a.k.a. ''The Legendary Fok 2008''), was released in 2008. It was directed by Kuk Kwok-leung and starred

Ekin Cheng Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him 二哥 in Cantonese). He has also been referred to as Noodl ...

Jordan Chan Jordan Chan Siu-chun (born Chan Siu-tsun on 8 July 1967) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and dancer, known for starring in the ''Young and Dangerous'' film series and for his role in the 1998 TV adaptation of Louis Cha's novel, '' The Duke o ...

, Zhou Muyin,

Bryan Leung Bryan Leung Kar-yan (Chinese: , born 20 January 1948) is a Hong Kong film and television actor and film director who has played roles in numerous acclaimed martial arts films. He is affectionately known as "Beardy" due to his trademark facial ...

, 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 ''

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'' (2001). However, in ''Huo Yuanjia'' (2001), the song was sung in Mandarin instead of Cantonese and was not sung by Yip.

External links

''The Legendary Fok'' reviews
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