The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传, Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn, also called "The Eagle-shooting Heroes") is a 2008 Chinese series starring Hu Ge, Ariel Lin, Yuan Hong, and Liu Shi Shi. It's one of the many, many adaptations of The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong.
Two pregnant women escape to foreign lands, where their sons grow up to be very different from each other. Guo Jing is slow-witted and talentless, but manages to rise to a prominent position in the martial arts world. Yang Kang is raised as a Jurchen nobleman and plots with the other Jurchen to conquer the Song Empire. Eventually the two men meet each other — and their love interests, Huang Rong and Mu Nian Ci.
The series can be watched on YouTube
(without English subtitles) and on Viki (with English subtitles).
Contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Huang Rong. Mu Nian Ci is a downplayed example.
- Adaptational Heroism: Yang Kang is much more of an Anti-Villain in this version than in the novel.
- Historical Domain Character: Minor characters include Genghis Khan and Emperor Zhangzong.
- Wuxia: It's based on one of the most popular wuxia novels.
