# The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006)

> A Song-era wuxia epic following the headstrong Yang Guo and his devoted love Xiaolongnü through rival martial sects and the jianghu's codes of honor.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/3639

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 41
- Episode runtime: 40 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: fantasy, drama, action
- Network: CCTV
- Cast: Huang Xiaoming, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Wang Luoyong, Jessey Meng, Kong Lin, Chen Zihan, Zhao Liang
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1096982/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: earnest, romantic, adventurous, playful, melancholic

## Synopsis

The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006) is a Chinese national-television wuxia series adapted from Louis Cha's novel and broadcast on CCTV. Huang Xiaoming plays the headstrong young swordsman Yang Guo, whose wild temper and devotion to the spirited Xiaolongnü (Liu Yifei) pull him through a sprawling jianghu of rival martial sects, feuding masters and oaths of loyalty. Yang Mi, Wang Luoyong and Kong Lin round out the principal cast as the ensemble of heroes and rivals whose paths cross across the story. Each episode is built from a fresh martial encounter, a journey, or a clash of sects, and these threads accumulate into one continuing story across a single season of forty-one episodes. The show is a full-scale period epic set in an ancient China of martial academies, mountain retreats and wandering swordsmen. Its tone is earnest and romantic, with flashes of comic mischief and a steady undercurrent of pride, sacrifice and chivalric duty. Fans of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils will find the same blend of honor, romance and sweeping adventure.

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