The Patriot Yue Fei | |||||||
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Also known as | The Last Hero[1] | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 精忠岳飛 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 精忠岳飞 | ||||||
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Genre | Historical drama | ||||||
Based on | Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan by Qian Cai | ||||||
Screenplay by | Ting Shan-hsi Stanley Tong | ||||||
Directed by | Kuk Kwok-leung Zou Jicheng | ||||||
Starring | Huang Xiaoming Ruby Lin Gallen Lo Allen Ting Cheng Pei-pei Steve Yoo Shao Bing Wu Xiubo Cecilia Liu Viann Zhang Yu Rongguang | ||||||
Theme music composer | Wakin Chau | ||||||
Composer | Nathan Wang | ||||||
Country of origin | China | ||||||
Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
No. of episodes | 69 | ||||||
Production | |||||||
Producer | Stanley Tong | ||||||
Production location | China | ||||||
Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
Production companies | China Film Group Corporation Huang Xiaoming Studio | ||||||
Budget | US $30 million[2] | ||||||
Original release | |||||||
Network | Anhui TV Zhejiang TV Tianjin TV Shandong TV | ||||||
Release | 4 July 29 July 2013 | –||||||
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The Patriot Yue Fei is a 2013 Chinese television series based on the life of Yue Fei, a Song dynasty general widely regarded as a patriot and culture hero in Chinese culture for his role in defending the Song empire against the Jurchen campaigns. While the plot is based on historical sources and descendants of the general served as consultants, it also includes elements of fiction and draws ideas from the novel General Yue Fei (說岳全傳) and other folktales on his life.
Huang Xiaoming stars as the title character in the biopic, which started shooting in 2011. The budget of the series exceeded ¥200 million (roughly US $30 million).[2] The first episode premiered on 4 July 2013.[3]