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Warrior

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Period Drama
Broadcast on: M-Net, M-Net City

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Broadcaster information
International channels
Cinemax : 05 Apr 2019 - 07 Jun 2019

South African channels

M-Net : 04 Jul 2019 - 05 Sep 2019
M-Net City : 04 Dec 2019 - 05 Feb 2020

About the Show

Warrior is an American action drama television series created by Jonathan Tropper based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee and set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century.

The series follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances.

After proving his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hope Wei, one of Chinatown's most powerful tongs (Chinese organised crime family).

Befriended by Wang Chao (Hoon Lee), a fixer and profiteer in Chinatown, Ah Sahm is taken under the wing of Young Jun (Jason Tobin), the hard-partying son of the Hop Wei's leader, Father Jun (Perry Yung), who is facing an imminent opium war with a rival tong.

As he is indoctrinated in the rules of Chinatown gangs, Ah Sahm wins the confidence of a canny brothel madam, Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng), revealing to her the true intentions of his journey to America.

Over the course of the season, Ah Sahm crosses boundaries inside and outside Chinatown, bringing him into contact with tong rivals Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), a beautiful and ruthless Chinese woman who has achieved a position of power in one of the tongs, and Li Yong (Joe Taslim), a tong lieutenant and Gung Fu master.

As violence erupts, Sergeant "Big Bill" O'Hara (Kieran Bew) and Richard Henry Lee (Tom Weston-Jones), a transplanted southerner and rookie cop, are tasked with forming a Chinatown squad.

Meanwhile, working-class leader and tough Irishman Dylan Leary (Dean Jagger) is fighting for all Irish labourers by trying to inflict as much damage as possible on the Chinese immigrants he says are stealing their jobs.

Amidst the strife, power-hungry San Francisco Mayor Samuel Blake (Christian McKay) and Deputy Mayor Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood), who has his own political aspirations, engage in widespread corruption, while the mayor's young wife, Penny (Joanna Vanderham), finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage.

Warrior stars Andrew Koji (Fast & Furious 6) as martial arts prodigy Ah Sahm, Kieran Bew (The Street), Olivia Cheng (Marco Polo), Dianne Doan (Vikings), Dean Jagger (Game of Thrones), Langley Kirkwood (Banshee), Hoon Lee (Banshee), Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles), Joe Taslim (Fast & Furious 6), Jason Tobin (The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift), Joanna Vanderham (The Paradise), Tom Weston-Jones (Copper) and Perry Yung (The Knick).

Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, the show is based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee and is created and executive produced by Jonathan Tropper (Banshee) under Tropper Ink Productions, executive produced by Justin Lin for Perfect Storm Entertainment and executive produced by Shannon Lee for Bruce Lee Entertainment.


Starring

as
Bill O'Hara

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Penelope Blake

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Richard Lee

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Wang Chao

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Walter Buckley


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New on TV today: Wednesday 4 December

04 Dec 2019 | Written by: Shows Editor | From: New Shows and Seasons
Cape Town-filmed action series Warrior comes to M-Net City and LGBT docuseries Proud debuts on ST Rise.


New on TV today: Thursday 4 July

04 Jul 2019 | Written by: Shows Editor | From: New Shows and Seasons
Cinemax action series Warrior - filmed in Cape Town - starts on M-Net, as Stranger Things returns to Netflix.


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