"Little Fish and Hua Wuque" is a costume martial arts drama, directed by Hong Kong director Jing Wong and starring Dicky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Yolanda, Fan Bingbing and Yang Xue. It was officially broadcast in 2005.
It is based on Gu Long's martial arts novel "A Family with Two Unique Skills", but the plot and character setting have been greatly changed. Mainly tells the story of twin brothers Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque in the Jianghu.
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Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque are twin brothers. Their father Jiang Feng eloped with Kazuki Watanabe musician Nu, the maid of Huajian Palace. When Kazuki Watanabe musician was a slave, Jiang Feng's unrequited love invited Gong Yue to find them and kill them because of the betrayal of Shutong and Jiang Biehe. Invited the moon to raise one baby, Hua Wuque, and the other baby, Xiaoyu, was raised by Jiang Feng's good friend Yan Nantian. 18 years later, they incited the two brothers to kill each other as revenge. Yan Nantian was chased by his enemy with a small fish in his arms and came to Alcatraz, where he was in a coma. Small fish are raised by the top ten villains on the island.
Eighteen years later, Hua Wuque grew up in the Migration Palace, learned a good kung fu and was handsome, but he was obedient to the two palace masters. On the contrary, Xiaoyu grew up in Alcatraz and learned various skills from the top ten villains. Ghost doctors on the island often concentrate on treating Yan Nantian, but after 18 years, they failed to cure him.
Drama evaluation
The play enriches the original content, focusing on comedy and suspense, and at the same time increases the weight of villains. For example, a new story about the use of Jiang Biehe by the imperial court was added. .
Under the "Golden Triangle Combination" of Nicholas Tse, Dicky Cheung and Jing Wong, a martial arts masterpiece full of cool style of Gu Long was completely subverted and interpreted as a "big platter" that combines martial arts, comedy and love. The important plot in the play completely subverts the original work, and even the theme of "revenge, brothers killing each other" has been reversed. In the relationship between characters, the "little fish" who was originally a younger brother in the original book became the brother of Hua Wuque; Jiang's son became a "femme fatale" Jiang Yuxi; Jing Wong even sent troops to Jin Yong, and Ashes of Time and Shenni of the South China Sea came to help.
The comedy of Jing Wong and Dicky Cheung can be described as "scale-free". Dicky Cheung and Nicholas Tse, two actors with different personalities, created different comic effects, so humorous style and imaginative imagination can be seen everywhere in the play. The role of "Mr. Hongye" was added in the play, and the role played by Liu Yiwei was set as a "corrupt official", who would write to anyone who gave money, with a great sense of humor.
Although funny, Little Fish and Hua Wuque is not a comedy. The first 20 episodes of the play are full of rich comedy colors, and the last 20 episodes turn into tragic atmosphere, reflecting the unique charm of Gu Long's novels. While subverting the original spirit, Jing Wong makes the fate of the characters more tortuous and gives them more tragic colors. The beauty in the play eventually died tragically, and some netizens even named the TV series "Korean Idol Drama in Ancient Costume".