The Vigilantes in Masks

The Vigilantes in Masks
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Genre	Wuxia, romance, comedy
Directed by	Lee Kwok-lap
Starring	Wallace Huo Cecilia Liu Ma Tianyu Shi Xingyu Edwin Siu Liu Kai-chi
Opening theme	Tiandi Meihua Kai (天地梅花開) performed by Hu Ge
Ending theme	Tiantang Niao (天堂鳥) performed by Zheng Jiajia
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producer(s)	Karen Tsoi
Production location(s)	China
Running time	45 minutes per episode; 19:30 Daily (2 episodes per day) ShenzhenTV; 19:35 Daily (2 episodes per day) SoutheastTV
Production company(s)	Chinese Entertainment Shanghai
Release
Original network	CTV; SZMG ShenzhenTV, FMG SoutheastTV
Original release	January 1, 2011

The Vigilantes in Masks
File:The Vigilantes In Mask-.jpg Official poster
Traditional Chinese	怪俠一枝梅
Simplified Chinese	怪侠一枝梅
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guàixiá Yìzhīméi

The Vigilantes in Masks is a Chinese television series produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai. Previous adaptations include a 1960 Hong Kong television series, a 1994 film, a 2005 TVB production, a 2008 SBS South Korean television drama, Iljimae, and a 2009 MBC South Korean adaptation The Return of Iljimae. The story is based on folktales of a Robin Hood-style hero who lived in the Ming Dynasty.

Plot

Li Gexiao is a warrior and has intelligence matching his skills. He was previously a high ranking marshal with great law enforcement authority. However, after his enemy framed him with a crime he did not commit and executed his family, the former marshal was forced to become a fugitive. Years later, he came out of hiding to help a former colleague recover a cargo of stolen gold for disaster relief. He and three chivalrous strangers, thief Yan Sanniang, grifter He Xiaomei, and strongman Chai Hu, unite to form a heroic band of masked vigilantes called "Yi Zhi Mei", who rob the rich and corrupt to help the poor and helpless, always leaving a plum flower at the scene as their calling card. In the jianghu, they are also known to fight injustice, corruption and oppression by the government.

Cast

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List of featured songs

• Tiandi Meihua Kai (天地梅花開; The Opening of the World and Plum Blossoms) performed by Hu Ge
• Tiantang Niao (天堂鳥; Bird of Paradise) performed by Zheng Jiajia

External links

• (Chinese) The Vigilantes In Masks on Sina.com