The Hong Kong TV drama "Magic Land" was filmed in 1984, and the script was intended to have a philosophical flavor, just like the theme song singing, "Heavenly Immortal Demon, the only line apart, in the blink of an eye, the evil and good gods and demons alternate, and how many cycles of disillusionment reappear." ”
The tv series won the Silver Medal at the 1985 New York International Film and Television Festival, which was the highlight of the Hong Kong TV series.
The plot of "Demon Land" is very simple.
It is rumored in the jianghu that the people in the Demon Domain do nothing evil, and the famous and upright sect wants to destroy the Demon Domain, sending Wudang disciples Fu Qingyun and Murong Bai to infiltrate the Demon Domain, and the two discover that the Demon Domain is not as evil as the outside world says, but is a peaceful paradise. Fu Qingyun fell in love with Tang Qi, the righteous daughter of Fu Qianshan, the leader of the Demon Domain.
Murong Bai's selfish desires spread contradictions in the Demon Domain, causing the internal disintegration of the Demon Domain, killing each other, and under the combination of the inside and the outside, the Demon Domain was finally destroyed.
Fu Qingyun was remorseful that he had been used by Wudang to destroy Taoyuan, and in the process of helping Murong Bai seize the wudang throne, he learned that Fu Qianshan was actually his father, and Fu Qingyun and Murong Bai also broke off their righteousness and went against each other.
Murong Bai had Fu Qingyun hunted down and killed Fu Qingyun, Fu Qingyun returned to the Demon Domain, met Fu Qianshan, father and son recognized, Fu Qianshan ordered Fu Qingyun to rebuild Taoyuan, and Fu Qingyun practiced Chiyang Divine Gong to compete with the upright.
Murong Bai practiced Xuan Yin Divine Gong with the help of Chu Yanhan. Murong Bai and Fu Qingyun made an agreement to fight a duel, and Fu Qingyun defeated Murong Bai, and Murong Bai lost his position as the head of Wudang.
After Chu Yanhan, who was obsessed with Murong Bai, did not hesitate to help Murong Bai recover his strength and regain the helm of Wudang, Murong Bai led the wulin people to attack Taoyuan again, and Chu Yanhan thus realized Murong Bai's true face.
Traditional martial arts dramas mostly end in a big reunion style, the good guys are happy to take revenge, and the bad guys are doomed. However, "Demon Domain Taoyuan" did the opposite, Fu Qingyun defeated Murong Bai in the ultimate battle, but inadvertently died at the hands of a pawn, Murong Bai did all the bad things, and finally although he fell into the stone cave and never came out of the day, he ended up with the favorite woman Chu Yanhan to accompany him for the rest of his life.
Tang Qi escaped the disaster, lonely and wandering in the rivers and lakes, telling people the truth of Taoyuan day after day, a green silk turned into white hair, that sentence there is no magic domain in the world, there is no taoyuan, I believe that the audience who has watched "Magic Domain Taoyuan" will not forget.
The cast of "Magic Land" can be described as the top match, Fu Qingyun is played by Andy Lau, who was 23 years old that year, full of collagen. The previously filmed 83 version of "Condor Heroes" made Andy Lau a popular student, and "Demon Land" is his second TV series.
Tang Qi is played by Zhao Yazhi. Zhao Yazhi, who just came out of "Shanghai Beach", was 30 years old at the time, her appearance in the play was a little too mature, and Fu Qingyun, played by Andy Lau, was more like a pair of brothers and sisters, slightly contrary to the senses, with Zhao Yazhi's "ageless face" She can completely do it and Andy Lau to play a fairy family.
Murong Bai is played by Wu Qihua, which is Wu Qihua's first screen antagonism. It is this TV series that makes Wu Qihua's potential for "adultery and evil" burst out, completing the subversive transition from a good man in a fashion drama to a major villain in a costume drama.
Focus on Chu Yanhan played by Zhou Xiulan. "Magic Paradise" was released in 1984, the kung fu film "Shaolin Temple" is hot and hot, Zhou Xiulan and "Shaolin Temple" played the white flawless Ding Lan Meiyu somewhat similar, because this drama does not have a one-on-one cast list, many people at that time thought that Chu Yanhan was played by Ding Lan.
Zhou Xiulan is one of the most outstanding among the many Hua Dan in the TVB 80s, and is a high-class beauty. In "Magic Land Taoyuan", Zhou Xiulan's appearance completely crushed Zhao Yazhi, her ancient costume appearance, youthful and beautiful, and her posture was unforgettable. Incredibly, Zhou Xiulan, who is born beautiful and has a special audience, has never had the opportunity to play a leading role, which can be said to be one of the saddest characters in the TVB 80s.
In 1987, Zhou Xiulan, who had not been reused in TVB for a long time, switched to ATV, but she was still not reused, and her career stopped at female number two. In a fit of anger, Zhou Xiulan quit the film world and went to Vancouver, Canada to open a vegetarian restaurant, and Zhou Xiulan,who failed to become popular in acting, actually became famous, and Zhou Xiulan's restaurant in Vancouver's vegetarian circle can be described as unknown to everyone. Zhou Xiulan is devout to the Buddha, she said that her Baoguang vegetarian restaurant seems to be the Buddha and bodhisattva want her to open, with the blessing of the bodhisattva, it is no wonder that the business will be on fire, maybe this is fate. It is reminiscent of the sentence in the theme song of "Magic Paradise": Everything in life is too changeable, and truth and falsehood are reversed.