Chor Lau-heung () is a Hong Kong wuxia television series adapted from the first three novels in the Chu Liuxiang Series by Taiwanese writer Gu Long. Adam Cheng starred as the eponymous character, Chu Liuxiang (Chor Lau-heung). The series was first broadcast on TVB on 3 September 1979. The 65 episodes long series was divided into four parts: The Legend of Wuhua (), The Great Desert (), Legend of the Divine Palace (), and The Final Battle ().
Cast Adam Cheng as Chu Liuxiang Angie Chiu as Su Rongrong Liza Wang as Shen Huishan Mary Hon as Shen Huilin Ng Man-tat as Hu Tiehua Ching Hor-wai as Gao Ya'nan Ha Yu as Ji Bingyan Kwan Chung as Wuhua Wong Wan-choi as Nangong Ling Wong Shee-tong as Zhongyuan Yidianhong Liu On-lai as Song Tian'er Ko Miu-see as Li Hongxiu Susanna Au-yeung as Heizhenzhu Lui Yau-wai as Shuimu Yinji Idy Chan as Yan Yan Wong Hang-sau as Nangong Yan Cheng Lai-fong as Yinqian Law Lan as Su Rongrong's mother Leung San as Shiguanyin Louise Lee as Liu Wumei So Hang-syun as Qu Wurong Sharon Yeung as Feng Feiyan Chan Man-yi as Zhangsun Hong Sheung-koon Yuk as Gao Taijun Kwan Hoi-san as Gao Guanying Bak Man-biu as Gao Guanzhong Ho Pik-kin as Gao Guanyong Cheung Ying-choi as King of Loulan Amy Wu as Queen of Loulan Sam-sam as Princess Pipa Chan Hung-lit as Ding Tiegan Kam Hing-yin as Leng Qiuhun Chong Man-ching as Xiaoqing Shih Kien as Li Guanyu Cheung Chung as Li Yuhan Kwok Fung as Shi Tuo Kam Kwok-wai as Xiaopan Cheung Sang as Renci Law Kwok-wai as Hu Anping Kwan Kin as Dai Duxing Lok Kung as Tianfeng Chan Yau-hau as General Min Tsui Kwong-lam as Qinghuzi Kong Ngai as Bai Yumo Lee Kwok-lun as Zhang Baiming Tam Chuen-hing as Tianfeng Shisilang Ho Kwai-lam as Yu Huhua Chu Kong as Sung Kong Natalis Chan as Feiying Cho Jai as Left Guardian Chung Chi-keung as Right Guardian Chow Kat as Shi Qilang Leung Hung-wah as Sun Xuepu King Doi-yum as Yingying
Lawsuit with RTV When TVB released Chor Lau-heung in 1979, RTV also produced a similar television series, It Takes a Thief. TVB and RTV became involved in copyright lawsuits against each other because of similarities between Chor Lau-heung and It Takes a Thief. TVB won the lawsuits and eventually RTV had to change the Chinese title of It Takes a Thief from to , and the characters' names. It Takes a Thief started airing on 1 September 1979, two days earlier than TVB's Chor Lau-heung.
Reception
The series received positive reviews from viewers in Taiwan after the first two episodes were first aired on CTV as part of the Golden Bell Awards screenings. Following that, CTV acquired rights from Hong Kong's TVB to broadcast the entire series in Taiwan, starting on 18 April 1982, under a Mandarin voice dub.
Music album Chor Lau-heung () is an album by Hong Kong actor and singer Adam Cheng, released by Crown Records in 1979. It contains the main theme song "Chor Lau-heung" and the insert song "Lau-heung's regret" () from the television series. RTHK selected the main theme song as one of the Top Ten Gold Songs of 1979.第二屆 (1979) (2nd Annual Top Ten Gold Songs Awards), RTHK In this album, lyricist Cheng Kwok-kong () is credited as Kong Yu ().
Track title Length Composer Lyrics Notes "Chor Lau-heung" 3:18 Joseph Koo Tang Wai-hung and Wong Jim Main theme song of the 1979 TVB series Chor Lau-heung "Oh Gal" 3:03 Cheng Kwok-kong Originally sung in Japanese by Sawada Kenji "Lau-heung hun"("Lau-heung's regret") 3:48 Joseph Koo Tang Wai-Hung Insert song of the 1979 TVB series Chor Lau-heung "Nan hing nan dai"("Brothers in times of trouble") 2:48 Joseph Koo Cheng Kwok-kong Main theme song of the 1979 TVB series He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother "But yiu mun hou hon"("Don't ask a hero") 3:39 Joseph Koo Wong Jim Main theme song of the 1979 RTHK series Yiu Wan (妖魂) "Gip hau ching" 3:16 Chan Lai-wan "San Lung Ng Fu Jeung" 2:55 Joseph Koo Peter Lai Main theme song of the 1979 TVB series San Lung Ng Fu Jeung () "Ji yau yuen mei yau fun" 3:35 Joseph Koo Lo Kwok-jim "Yeung lau jeung ngo ka yat boon ching yuen"("The willow tree is as green as my home") 4:16 Lo Kwok-jim Cantonese rendition of "ii nichi tabidachi" (いい日旅立ち) by Yamaguchi Momoe "King sum yat siu chung"("Admiration in a smile") 3:00 Cheng Kwok-kong "Koo mung chung wun"("Reminiscing the past") 2:43 Cheng Kwok-kong "Chor Lau-heung" (instrumental) 3:02 Joseph Koo N/A
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