Strike at Heart

Strike at Heart
驚艷一槍
Genre	Period Wuxia
Written by	Chu Keng Kei
Starring	Joe Ma Sunny Chan Stephen Au Charmaine Sheh Nnadia Chan Annie Man
Theme music composer	Lam Manyee
Opening theme	Truth (真相) by Christopher Wong and Nadia Chan
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Terry Tong
Production location	Hong Kong
Camera setup	Multi camera
Production company	TVB
Original release
Network	TVB Drama
Release	27 May (2009-05-27) – 23 June 2009 (2009-06-23)

Strike at Heart
Traditional Chinese	驚艷一槍
Simplified Chinese	惊艳一枪
Literal meaning	"A Spear of Alarm"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīng Yàn Yī Qiāng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ging1 Jim6 Jat1 Ceong1

Strike at Heart is a Hong Kong period wuxia television series based on Woon Swee Oan's novel, A Spear of Alarm produced by TVB. The series stars Joe Ma, Sunny Chan, Stephen Au, Charmaine Sheh, Nnadia Chan, and Annie Man. It was filmed in 2004 and released overseas in January 2005. Then it was aired in Hong Kong on TVB Pay Vision's TVB Drama channel from 27 May to 23 June 2009.

Plot

Chu Kot Ching Ngor (Joe Ma), Yuen Sap Sam Han (Stephen Au), and hermit Tin Yee (Sunny Chan) are apprentices to the same clique. They have not seen each other for a long time. During a rare gathering, they end up at daggers drawn.

They studied in the same clique when they were young and became good friends. Due to physical constraint, Tin Yee was unsuited to Martial Arts so he turned to studying yin yang and five material agents. Chu Kot and Yuen were born to learn Martial Arts. Yuen's lifetime goal is to become the best fighter in the Martial Arts World. However, he could never beat Chu Kot before he left the clique, which bothered him enormously.

Chu Kot worked for the imperial government after he left the clique. Yuen lived a quiet life practicing Martial Arts in the hope of defeating Chu Kot one day. When Yuen reappears in the Martial Arts World, Chu Kot has become renowned and is known as Mr. Chu Kot. His immediate mission is to fight against a corrupt official Choi King (Shek Sau). Because of Choi King, Chu Kot cannot avoid having an ultimate fight with Yuen. During the fight, Yuen uses his "Heartbroken Arrow" while Chu Kot fights back with his "Strike at Heart".

In fact, Chu Kot has never really wanted to fight with Yuen. Under the vossludes of fortune, they both fall in love with a gentle and cheerful girl named Siu Keng (Charmaine Sheh).

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Main cast

Cast	Role	Description
Joe Ma	Chu Kot Ching Ngor 諸葛正我	Tin Yee Householder's junior Yuen Sap Sam Han's senior Siu Keng and Mung Tip's soulmate
Sunny Chan	Hui Siu Yat (Tin Yee Householder) 許笑一 (天衣居士)	Chu Kot Ching Ngor and Yuen Sap Sam Han's senior Chik Nui's husband
Stephen Au	Yuen Sap Sam Han 元十三限	Tin Yee Householder and Chu Kot Ching Ngor's junior Siu eing's husband
Charmaine Sheh	Siu Keng 小鏡	Chu Kot Ching Ngor's soulmate Yuen Sap Sam Han's wife
Adia Chan	Mung Tip 夢蝶	Chu Kot Ching Ngor's soulmate Choi King's follower
Annie Man	Fu Ting Ling Fung (Chik Nui) 呼延靈鳳 (織女)	Tin Yee's Householder's wife God Needle Gate disciple

Other cast

Cast	Role	Description
Shek Sau	Choi King 蔡京	Chancellor
Edward Mok (莫家堯)	Lang Ling Hei 冷凌棄	Chu Kot Ching Ngor's follower
Steven Ho (何啟南)	Chui Leuk Seung 崔略商
Derek Kok	Fu Chung Shu 傅宗書	Choi King's follower
Newton Lai (黎漢持)	Chi Ko 智高	Siu Keng's father
Lawrence Yan (甄志強)	Sung Fai Chung 宋徽宗
Catherine Chau (周家怡)	Siu Hung 小紅
Lai Suen (黎宣)	God Needle Granny 神針婆婆	Head of God Needle Gate
Karen Lee (李彩寧)	God Needle Gate disciple 神針門弟子
Chun Wong (秦煌)	Three Tail Priest 三鞭道人
Lo Mang	Tong Po Ngau 唐寶牛
Leung Kin Ping (梁健平)	Choi Sui Chak 蔡水澤
Samuel Kwok (郭峰)	Yuen Ngan Kwan (Wanggiya Pugya) 完顏袞

See also

• List of TVB series (2005)