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| Genre | Wuxia, romance, comedy, costume drama |
| Directed by | Lee Kwok-lap |
| Starring | Wallace Huo Cecilia Liu Ma Tianyu Shi Xingyu Edwin Siu Liu Kai-chi |
| Opening theme | Tiandi Meihua Kai (天地梅花開) performed by Hu Ge |
| Ending theme | Tiantang Niao (天堂鳥) performed by Zheng Jiajia |
| Country of origin | China |
| Language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Producer(s) | Karen Tsai |
| Location(s) | China |
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45 minutes per episode; 19:30 Daily (2 episodes per day) ShenzhenTV; 19:35 Daily (2 episodes per day) SoutheastTV |
| Production company(s) | Chinese Entertainment Shanghai |
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| Original channel | CTV; SZMG ShenzhenTV, FMG SoutheastTV |
| Original airing | January 1, 2011 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 怪俠一枝梅 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 怪侠一枝梅 | ||||||
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The Vigilantes In Masks is a Chinese television series produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai. Previous adaptations include a 1960 Hong Kong television series, a 1994 film, a 2005 TVB production, and a 2008 SBC Korean television drama (Iljimae). The story is based on folktales of a Robin Hood-style hero who lived in the Ming Dynasty.[1]
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Li Gexiao is a warrior and has intelligence matching his skills. He was previously a high ranking marshal with great law enforcement authority. However after his enemy framed him with a crime he did not commit and executed his family, the former marshal was forced to become a fugitive. Years later, he came out of hiding to help a former colleague recover a cargo of stolen gold for disaster relief. He and three chivalrous strangers, thief Yan Sanniang, grafter He Xiaomei, and strongman Chai Hu, unite to form a heroic band of masked vigilantes called "Yi Zhi Mei", who rob the rich and corrupt to help the poor and helpless, always leaving a plum flower at the scene as their calling card. In the jianghu, they are also known to fight injustice, corruption and oppression by the government.