Legend of the Eight Immortals

Legend of the Eight Immortals
Poster
Traditional Chinese東遊記
Simplified Chinese东游记
Hanyu PinyinDōng Yóu Jì
GenreChinese mythology fiction
Based onDong You Ji
by Wu Yuantai
Screenplay byLu Zhiming
Li Yanping
Huang Jinhua
Xie Junyuan
Directed byEdmund Tse
Zhang Baolian
Huo Zhikai
Yuan Guowei
Leung Sing-kuen
Luo Ting
StarringSteve Ma
Phyllis Quek
Jacelyn Tay
Jerry Chang
Yvonne Lim
Theme music composerLin Yi-hsin
Xiong Tianping
Opening themeXiaoyao You (逍遥游) performed by Wu Jiaming
Country of originSingapore
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producersLi Daming
Zhou Qiang
ProducersMa Jiajun
Zheng Ning
Cheng Xinmin
Edmund Tse
Production locationsSingapore
Malaysia
China
EditorsJiang Jianhua
Xie Jinmei
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companies
  • TCS
  • Sichuan TV Drama Production Centre
  • Jiangsu World Film and Television Production Centre
Original release
NetworkTCS Eighth Frequency
Release26 November 1998 (1998-11-26) –
6 January 1999 (1999-01-06)
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Legend of the Eight Immortals is a Singaporean television series based on stories about the Eight Immortals in Chinese mythology and adapted from the 16th-century Chinese novel Dong You Ji (东游记; Journey to the East) by Wu Yuantai (吴元泰). Produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS; now MediaCorp) in collaboration with two mainland Chinese companies, the series had cast members from Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. It was first aired in Singapore on TCS Channel 8 from 26 November 1998 to 6 January 1999.