Hero of the Times
| Hero of the Times | |
|---|---|
Poster | |
| Also known as | New Fong Sai-yuk |
| Chinese | 新方世玉 |
| Literal meaning | New Fang Shiyu |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xīn Fāng Shìyù |
| Genre | Wuxia |
| Screenplay by | Chen Disheng |
| Story by | Xu Shengliang |
| Directed by | Hu Mingkai |
| Starring | Vincent Zhao Leanne Liu Vincent Ng Yvonne Lim Ix Shen May Phua |
| Theme music composer | Chen Lei Wen Jinhua |
| Opening theme | Wuming Xiaozu (无名小卒) performed by Dick and Cowboy |
| Ending theme | Haohao Aiguo (好好爱过) performed by Yvonne Lim |
| Composer | Redwan Ali |
| Country of origin | Singapore Taiwan |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Yuan Zaixian |
| Production locations | Singapore Taiwan |
| Cinematography | Pan Wenhui Chen Daoquan Zhao Weixian Tang Rongliang |
| Editor | Xu Jiayan |
| Running time | ≈45 minutes per episode |
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| Release | 1999 – 2000 |
Hero of the Times is a Singaporean-Taiwanese wuxia television series based on legends about Fong Sai-yuk (Mandarin: Fang Shiyu), a Chinese folk hero and martial artist who lived during the Qing dynasty. It was co-produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore and Taiwan's China Television, directed by Hu Mingkai, and starred Chinese actor Vincent Zhao as Fang Shiyu. It was first aired in Singapore on TCS Eighth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) from late 1999 to early 2000.