The Conqueror's Story | |
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Also known as | 'Chor Hon Kiu Hung' |
Genre | Historical drama |
Written by | Leung Wing-mui Cheung Wa-biu Sin Siu-ling Mak Sai-lung Ma Chi-kan Chan Bo-yin |
Directed by | Wong Kok-keung Chu Lai-wo Ng Koon-ching Wong Kin-fan Chan Seung-kuen |
Starring |
Adam Cheng Kwong Wa Maggie Cheung Melissa Ng |
Opening theme | Juet Sai Hung Choi (絕世雄才) performed by Adam Cheng |
Ending theme | Chi Sam Yau Kei Nung (癡心有幾濃) performed by Kwong Wah and Kitman Mak |
Composer(s) | Mo Leung-kwong Cheng Kwok-kong |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language(s) | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Executive producer(s) | Lee Tim-shing |
Location(s) | Hong Kong |
Production company(s) | TVB |
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Original network | TVB Jade |
Original release | October 25 – December 4, 2004 |
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Traditional Chinese | 楚漢驕雄 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 楚汉骄雄 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Proud Heroes of Chu and Han | ||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Chǔ Hàn Jiāo Xíong |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Co2 Hon3 Giu1 Hung4 |
The Conqueror's Story is a Hong Kong television series based on the events in the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between the fall of the Qin dynasty and the founding of the Han dynasty in Chinese history. It was first broadcast in 2004 in Hong Kong on TVB Jade.
The plot follows a story-by-story pattern, with each episode featuring an event before and during the Chu–Han Contention. A cast member explains the background of the story in the prologue of each episode.
Prior to the start of each episode is an extra scene that provides an explanation to a certain main point within that episode, many of which have been enshrined in history books, or have become idioms frequently used in modern Chinese society.