Note : Complete Series : 2 individual boxets.
Jin Yong's swordplay novels have always been favored by producers and directors for adaptation into television and movies, and TVB actually turned most of his intriguing works into TV series in early 1980s. The Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils, adapted from probably the most eventful story written by Jin Yong, had to be split into two parts when it was aired in 1982 as the engaging piece contains just too many ups and downs.
Part I starts with a young and naive price Duan (Ken Tong) learning some magnificent martial arts by accident. However, he is more concerned with his relationships with three girls (Sharon Yeung, Cecilia Wong, and Idy Chan), two of whom he discovers to be his half-sisters and the third one finally leaves him for her cousin. The despair Duan befriends the head of the beggar gang (Leung Ka Yan), who live in agony when he learns that he actually descends from his nation's enemy...
Part II of The Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils sees the addition of an innocent monk (Felix Wong) who, like Duan, also acquires martial arts skills by accident. He experiences even more incredible adventures - forced to become the head of a mysterious sect and even the husband of a princess!
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