The Kung Fu Master (TV series)

*The Kung Fu Master*
The Kung Fu Master
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Genre	Action; Martial arts; Historical drama
Written by	Yuen Kai-chi; Lau Siu-kwan
Directed by	Benny Chan
Starring	Donnie Yen; Nick Cheung
Theme music composer	Chan Kwong-wing
Opening theme	Ideal (理想) by Donnie Yen
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producer	Chan Yu-chiu
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	ATV; TVB
Original release
Network	ATV Home; TVB Jade
Release	15 August –; 23 September 1994

The Kung Fu Master (洪熙官) is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts television series directed by Benny Chan and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist. Produced by ATV and TVB, the series aired on its channel ATV Home and TVB Jade from 16 August to 23 September 1994.

Synopsis

The story is based on the historic martial artist and legend Hung Hei-gun (Donnie Yen) in the Qing dynasty. In the final stand Hung Hei-gun and Fong Sai-yuk (Nick Cheung) fight their way to defend the Shaolin Monastery against the invading army of the Qianlong Emperor who was trying to remove any opposition because he didn’t want to reveal that he wasn’t a true Manchu.

Cast	Role	Description
Donnie Yen	Hung Hei-gun (洪熙官)	The founder of Hung Kar Kuen.
Nick Cheung	Fong Sai-yuk (方世玉)	The folk hero from the South.
Tang Ho-kwong (鄧浩光)	Kong Wai-lun (江錦綸)
Lawrence Yan (甄志強)	Ko Chun-chung (高進忠)
Erica Choi (蔡曉儀)	Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春)	The founder of Wing Chun.
Wong Wan-choi (黃允財)	Qianlong Emperor	Born in 1711 and died in 1799.
Leung Kam-san (梁錦燊)	Yim Cham (嚴湛)
Ben Ng (吳毅將)	Monk Sam Tak (三德)	A Shaolin monk who lived in the early 18th century.
Hon Yee-sang (韓義生)	Monk San Kai (三戒)
Wai Lit (煒烈)	Fung To-tak (馮道德)
Lo Lieh	Ha Sat-to (哈薩多)
Betty Chan (陳綺明)	Tung Man (佟敏)
Leung Yat-ho (梁日豪)	Tung Chin-kan (童千斤)
Anna Ng (吳浣儀)	Mother of Hung Hei-gun
Pat Poon (潘志文)	Father of Hung Hei-gun (洪亭南)
Berg Ng	Sek Tok (碩托)