original_language_of_work the legend of wisely
The Legend of Wisely (  ) is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy adventure film directed by Teddy Robin based on Ni Kuang ' s novel series , Wisely Series , starring Samuel Hui as the titular protagonist . The film co - stars Ti Lung , Joey Wong and Robin himself . Cantopop ( a contraction of " ___MASK91___ pop music ") or HK - pop ( short for " Hong Kong pop music ") is a genre of ___MASK91___ music made primarily in Hong Kong , and also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption . Originating in the 1970s , Cantopop reached its height of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s before its slow decline in the 2000s . The term " Cantopop " itself was coined in 1978 after " Cantorock ", a term first used in 1974 . During its height , Cantopop had spread to China , Taiwan , South Korea , Japan , Singapore , Malaysia and Indonesia . Teddy Robin and the Playboys were a 1960s HK ___MASK59___ pop band . The most notable members were Teddy Robin ( vocal and guitar ), who has a successful career as a singer / songwriter and as actor / filmmaker ; and Norman Cheng ( father of actor / singer Ronald Cheng ) ( lead guitar ), who later in the 1970s went on to become a top executive in charge of the Southeast Asian operations of Polydor Records . Teddy Robin Kwan ' s two brothers were also part of the band , with Raymond Kwan on rhythm guitar and William Kwan on bass . The Wisely Series are a series of ___MASK19___ adventure - science fiction novels written by the Hong Kong novelist Ni Kuang . The protagonist of the series is Wisely ( sometimes also spelt " Wesley "). In total , there are 161 stories about Wisely recorded in 156 novels . Of these , only 150 stories in 145 novels are written by Ni Kuang ; the remaining ones are written by other writers with Ni Kuang ' s permission . Some of these stories have been adapted into media , such as the films " The Legend of Wisely " ( 1987 ), " The Cat " ( 1992 ) and " The Wesley ' s Mysterious File " ( 2002 ), and the television series " The New Adventures of Wisely " ( 1998 ) and " The ' W ' Files " ( 2004 ). ___MASK91___ , or Standard ___MASK91___ , is a variant of Yue Chinese spoken in the vicinity of Guangzhou ( known historically as Canton ) in southeastern China . It is the traditional prestige dialect of Yue . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , radio , and television . The analogous ___MASK26___ term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . Joey Wong Cho - Yee ( AKA Joey Wang , Wang Tsu Hsien , or Joey Ong Jyo Han / Hen ) ( born January 31 , 1967 ) is a Hong Kong based Taiwanese - born actress . Kwan Wai - pang ( born 2 March 1945 in Guilin , Guangxi ), better known as Teddy Robin , is a Hong Kong ___MASK59___ pop singer - songwriter , actor , and director . He began his music career in 1960s when Hong Kong ___MASK59___ pop was at its peak in terms of popularity in Hong Kong . He led a band named Teddy Robin and the Playboys . He later became an actor , film director , producer , and composer . Kelvin Kwan , his nephew , is currently a singer in Hong Kong . Samuel Hui Koon - kit ( born 6 September 1948 ), usually known as Sam Hui , is a Hong Kong musician , singer , songwriter and actor . He is credited with popularising Cantopop both with the infusion of Western - style music and using popular , street ___MASK91___ jargon in his lyrics writing . Hui is considered by some to be the first major superstar of Cantopop , called the God of Song . Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People ' s Republic of China , is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia . Macau lies across the delta to the west , and the ___MASK19___ province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north . With a total land area of and a population of over 7 . 3 million of various nationalities , it ranks as the world ' s fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory . Hong Kong ___MASK59___ pop ( Chinese :  ) are ___MASK59___ language songs that are made , performed and popularised in Hong Kong . Known as simply ___MASK59___ pop by Hong Kong people . The height of the ___MASK59___ pop era in Hong Kong was from the 1950s to mid 1970s . Wuxia (  , IPA : ), which literally means " martial hero ", is a genre of ___MASK19___ fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China . Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature , its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms such as ___MASK19___ opera , manhua , films , television series and video games . It forms part of popular culture in many ___MASK19___ - speaking communities around the world . Ni Cong ( born 30 May 1935 ), courtesy name Yiming , better known by his pen name Ni Kuang ( also romanised Ngai Hong , I Kuang and Yi Kuang ), is a Hong Kong - American novelist and screenwriter . He has written over 300 ___MASK19___ - language " wuxia " and science fiction novels , and more than 400 film scripts .