Jingwu Yingxiong Chen Zhen, also known as Legend of Chen Zhen, is a Chinese television series based on the story of Chen Zhen, a fictional apprentice of the Chinese martial artist Huo Yuanjia. The series is a sequel to the 2001 television series The Legend of Huo Yuanjia, with Wu Yue reprising his role as Chen Zhen.
| Jingwu Yingxiong Chen Zhen | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover art | |
| Traditional Chinese | 精武英雄陳真 |
| Simplified Chinese | 精武英雄陈真 |
| Literal meaning | Hero of Jingwu: Chen Zhen |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīngwǔ Yīngxíong Chén Zhēn |
| Genre | Historical drama, martial arts |
| Directed by | Liu Fengsheng Choi Jing-shing |
| Starring | Wu Yue Vincent Zhao Qi Yan Yu Rongguang |
| Composer | Zhonghua Xiongying |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jia Yun |
| Production location | China |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Pikawang Film Company |
| Related | |
| The Legend of Huo Yuanjia (2001) | |
Plot
editThe series is set in the Warlord Era of early 20th-century China. Chen Zhen, an apprentice of Huo Yuanjia, has been hiding in Foshan after avenging his master. One day, he receives a message and decides to return to Shanghai, where he sees a brothel standing on the old location of the Jingwu School founded by his master. He faces the insurmountable task of rebuilding the Jingwu School while shouldering the responsibility of raising his master's orphaned son, Huo Dongjue. At the same time, he runs into trouble with the gangs and has to hide from the police too.
Chen Zhen's friend, Xi Feiyang, was originally a teacher who came to Shanghai with a passion to serve his country. However, his dreams were shattered when his wife and unborn child were killed by gangsters. Xi Feiyang realises that in such a chaotic era, the only way to survive is to resort to violence, so he gets involved in the criminal underworld and eventually becomes a powerful gang boss. On the other hand, although Chen Zhen ultimately revives his master's legacy and restores the Jingwu School to its former glory, he is betrayed by his fellows and ends up badly injured.
In the meantime, the Japanese are aggressively making plans for another invasion of China. The Japanese government sends Tenkou Jiro, the best fighter in Japan, to challenge Chen Zhen. After Tenkou Jiro loses to Chen Zhen in a fight, he comes to the conclusion that Japan can never conquer China. Just then, Chen Zhen discovers another sinister plot by the Japanese to invade China. Xi Feiyang sacrifices himself to save Chen Zhen.
Cast
edit- Wu Yue as Chen Zhen
- Vincent Zhao as Huo Yuanjia
- Qi Yan as Tang Xiaoting
- Yu Rongguang as Xi Feiyang
- Yaqi as Su Jiumei
- He Sirong as Senhyaku Keiko (Qianbai Huizi)
- Zhou Yue as He Ziyi
- Zhao Yansong as Liu Zhensheng
- Wang Huichun as Du Meng
- Zhuo Fan as Tenkou Jiro (Tiangang Cilang)
- Xie Yunshan as Huo Dongjue
- Jin Song as Fishmonger Qiang
- Kou Zhanwen as Du Qimei
- Zhao Yi as Xu Aji