The Patriot Yue Fei

The Patriot Yue Fei
Promotional poster
Also known asThe Last Hero[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese精忠岳飛
Simplified Chinese精忠岳飞
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīng Zhōng Yuè Fēi
GenreHistorical drama
Based onShuo Yue Quan Zhuan
by Qian Cai
Screenplay byTing Shan-hsi
Stanley Tong
Directed byKuk Kwok-leung
Zou Jicheng
StarringHuang Xiaoming
Ruby Lin
Gallen Lo
Allen Ting
Cheng Pei-pei
Steve Yoo
Shao Bing
Wu Xiubo
Cecilia Liu
Viann Zhang
Yu Rongguang
Theme music composerWakin Chau
ComposerNathan Wang
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes69
Production
ProducerStanley Tong
Production locationChina
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companiesChina Film Group Corporation
Huang Xiaoming Studio
BudgetUS $30 million[2]
Original release
NetworkAnhui TV
Zhejiang TV
Tianjin TV
Shandong TV
Release4 July (2013-07-04) –
29 July 2013 (2013-07-29)
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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]

  1. ^ いよいよクライマックス!「岳飛伝-THE LAST HERO-」 on YouTube
  2. ^ a b "《精忠岳飛》將開播 投資過2億服裝超支2倍". Sina.
  3. ^ "Gallen Lo shows a darker side with "The Patriot Yue Fei"". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2013-07-04.