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Descendant of the Sun ()

Ri jie (original title)
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Yuen of the celestial has gathered sun light and practiced for 500 years, and now becomes immortal. He descends to the world to prevent the black snake monster from scourging. The insidious acting king sends people to murder the virtuous... See more »
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Shih-Sheng (as Tung-Sheng Erh)
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Princess (as Chu-Hung Chung)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Liang Chiang
Feng Kuan
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(as Wei Lin)
Yao-King Li
Hsin Liang
Chih Tai Lin
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(as Chih Hung Ling)
Hung Lu
Bao Tan
Yung-Shao Teng ...
Royal painter's assistant
Chien Tsao
Wei-Ho Tu
Tien-Tsai Wei
Yao-Tso Wen
Yao-Tsu Wen
Yuan-Shun Wu
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Pao
Hsiang Lin Yin
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(as Pin Yuan)

Directed by

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Yuen Chor ... (as Chu Yuan)

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The Shaw Brothers Creative Group ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Mona Fong ... producer
Tsu-Yuan Lo ... associate producer
Ji-Yen Yang ... associate producer

Music by

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Chin-Yung Shing
Chen-Hou Su

Editing by

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Cho-Wen Chao
Chung Yiu Ma ... (as Chung Yao Ma)
Shao-Feng Yu ... (as Shao Feng)

Art Direction by

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Ching-Shen Chen

Makeup Department

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Ji-Cheng Liu ... makeup artist
Min-Hua Pan ... makeup artist
Yen-Lien Peng ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Ka Hee Wong ... production manager

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Chuan-Tsan Chang ... assistant director
Kwok-Wing Yip ... assistant director (as Kuo-Yung Yeh)

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Wo Li ... props

Sound Department

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Ping-Kuang Hsu ... sound recordist
Lan Li ... dubbing editor: mandarin
Yi-Chi Li ... sound effects
Yu Ting ... dubbing editor: cantonese

Special Effects by

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Wai-Yuk Tang ... wire effects (as Wei-Yu Teng)
Yuen-Tai Ting ... wire effects

Stunts

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Pei-Chi Huang ... assistant stunt coordinator
Chia Tang ... stunt coordinator
Bun Yuen ... assistant stunt coordinator
Wah Yuen ... assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Fen Chen ... lighting technician
Foo-Keung Chiu ... assistant camera (as Fu-Chiang Chao)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Chi-Yu Liu ... costumer

Music Department

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Dik-Hong Chan ... composer: theme music (as Ti-kuang Chen)

Script and Continuity Department

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Wai-Sum Wong ... script supervisor (as Wei-Shen Huang)

Additional Crew

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Sung-Hsin Huang ... production assistant
Run Run Shaw ... presenter
Po-Nan Wen ... production advisor

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Plot Summary

Yuen of the celestial has gathered sun light and practiced for 500 years, and now becomes immortal. He descends to the world to prevent the black snake monster from scourging. The insidious acting king sends people to murder the virtuous princess in order to grasp at authority by himself, but the murderers are defeated by Yuen. So the acting king invites the black snake monster who transformed to human form, to fight Yuen. The well-matched two knock the hell of each other and come to even.

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Also Known As
  • Descendant of the Sun (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Yat gip (Hong Kong, Cantonese title)
  • Descendant of the Sun (World-wide, English title)
  • Descendant of the Sun (United States)
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  • 84 min
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