The cast of Warrior Huo Yuanjia includes: Zhao Wenzhuo, Mao Linlin, Shi Xiaolong, Wang Zhi, Jia Hongwei, Wu Chao, and Kou Jiarui in the lead roles.
"The Warrior Huo Yuanjia" is directed by Bergsan as chief director, Guo Jingyu as producer and chief screenwriter, and Liu Fang, and it tells the legendary story of Huo Yuanjia, a generation of martial arts masters, who faced the internal and external national crisis in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and defended the dignity of the nation against foreign forces with the spirit of Chinese martial arts. The drama premiered on July 28, 2020 on CCTV Drama Channel and was simulcast on Aiki.
Background
After the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform, the Six Gentlemen were martyred. Huo Yuanjia, who was y infected by Tan Sitong's patriotic fervor, wanted to make a difference in history, but he repeatedly ran into obstacles and could only watch the heroes die. Shortly afterward, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, and Wang Wu, the Great Swordsman, was killed for the sake of foreign insults.
Huo Yuanjia learned of the news overnight to collect the body for his brother, although let Wang Wu to survive the body, but to the Huo family led to a big disaster, resulting in the death of Huo's men. A year later, living in Cangzhou, Huo Yuanjia out of the mountain dart, but do not want to fall into the trap of enemies, after all the hard work, although to get out of it, but let him disillusioned, he decided to go south to Shanghai.