New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
| New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre | |||||||||||
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| Also known as | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 倚天屠龍記 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 倚天屠龙记 | ||||||||||
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| Genre | Wuxia | ||||||||||
| Based on | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Louis Cha | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Kwan Chin-bok Lo Hon-wah Tang Wai-ling Lee Yin-ping Lau Bak-nung | ||||||||||
| Directed by | Johnnie To Fung Pak-yuen Benny Chan Ng Chun-shing Nelson Cheung Wong Kam-tin | ||||||||||
| Starring | Tony Leung Sheren Tang Kitty Lai Maggie Shiu Carol Cheng Simon Yam Kenneth Tsang | ||||||||||
| Theme music composer | Michael Lai | ||||||||||
| Opening theme | "Accompanied by a Sword, Who's Here" (劍伴誰在) performed by Tony Leung and Anita Mui | ||||||||||
| Country of origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Original language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) | ||||||||||
| Production | |||||||||||
| Producer | Wong Tin-lam | ||||||||||
| Production location | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Editor | Tam Ling | ||||||||||
| Running time | 42 minutes per episode | ||||||||||
| Production company | TVB | ||||||||||
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| Network | TVB Jade | ||||||||||
| Release | 3 November – 30 December 1986 | ||||||||||
| Related | |||||||||||
| The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983–1984) | |||||||||||
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1986.