Canary Report: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (2018)

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Canary Report: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2018

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Where to watch it: Currently unavailable on all English language platforms, which is for the best.

Summary: An adaptation of Jin Yong’s beloved classic The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, this drama is nominally about the journey of Hua Mountain head disciple Linghu Chong as the wuxia world is rocked by the search for a secret powerful martial arts manual, the Bixie Sword Scroll. This four part novel is a masterful analogy for the duplicitous and hypocritical world of politics, as each sect leader becomes implicated in a conspiracy to seize power, or is taken down unawares in the attempt to remain neutral.

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