| Outlaws of the Marsh | |
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| Also known as | The Water Margin |
| Traditional Chinese | 水滸 |
| Simplified Chinese | 水浒 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shuǐ Hǔ |
| Genre | Costume drama, martial arts |
| Based on | Water Margin by Shi Nai'an |
| Directed by | Chen Min Liu Liu Liu Ziyun |
| Starring | Bao Guo'an Zhu Yanping Yu Shoujin Dong Ziwu Ding Rujun |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Production location | China |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | Shandong TV |
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Outlaws of the Marsh[1] is a Chinese television series adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical 14th century novel Water Margin. It was first broadcast on Shandong TV in China in 1983, and was not completed until 1986. The series was one of the earliest television dramas with an ancient China setting to be produced in mainland China. It was divided into different parts, each focusing on the story line of a certain character. Widely regarded, as a classic in mainland China, the series won a Golden Eagle Award.