The Emissary (TV series)

The Emissary
獵鷹

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Genre Crime drama
Written by Tsang Suk Kuen
Kwan Chin-pok
Lo Hon-wah
Chan Lin-sum
Directed by Lee Tim-shing
Siu Kin-kam
Yip Sing-hong
Lau Tin-fu
Leung Choi-yuen
Starring Andy Lau
Deanie Ip
Babara Chan
Lau Kong
Tony Leung
Opening theme Being at a High Game (胸懷大志) by Willie Fung
Composer(s) Joseph Koo
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Producer(s) Lee Tim-shing
Location(s) Hong Kong
Running time 45 minutes (20 episodes)
Production company(s) TVB
Release
Original network TVB Jade
First shown in 1982
Original release 27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) – 21 January 1983 (1983-01-21)
External links
Website
The Emissary
Traditional Chinese 獵鷹
Simplified Chinese 猎鹰
Literal meaning "Falcon"

The Emissary (獵鷹) is a 1982 Hong Kong crime drama television series produced by TVB and starring Andy Lau in his first television leading role, shooting him to instant fame. Since then, Lau's acting career began to take on a broad road. The series' theme song, titled Being at a High Game (胸懷大志), was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo, with lyrics written by Wong Jim, and was sung by Willie Fung.

Plot

Kong Tai-wai (Andy Lau) is an idealistic college student who decides to join the police force, and later becomes an undercover detective disguising himself as a chief assistant of a major drug trafficker. After a long period of hard work, Kong collected large amount of incriminating against the drug trafficker, finally completing his mission and bringing the trafficker to justice.

Cast

See also

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