The Water Margin (1998 TV series)

The Water Margin
Japanese DVD cover art
Also known asOutlaws of the Marsh
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese水滸傳
Simplified Chinese水浒传
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShuǐ Hǔ Zhuàn
GenreCostume drama, martial arts
Based onWater Margin
by Shi Nai'an
Screenplay byYang Zhengguang
Ran Ping
Ren Dahui
Mi Jiecheng
Directed byZhang Shaolin
Lu Tao
Pan Yinlai
Kang Honglei
Guo Daqun
Xing Zhaojun
Li Li
Guo Jin
Luo Shunming
StarringLi Xuejian
Zang Jinsheng
Zhou Yemang
Ding Haifeng
Zhao Xiaorui
Ending theme1. Haohan Ge (好汉歌) performed by Liu Huan
2. Tianshi Dili Renhe (天时地利人和) performed by Peng Liyuan
ComposerZhao Jiping
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes43
Production
Executive producersYang Weiguang
Yu Guanghua
Chen Hanyuan
Liu Yiqin
Jia Wenzeng
Hu En
Zou Qingfang
ProducersRen Dahui
Zhang Jizhong
Meng Fanyao
Wang Rui
Que Xin
Dou Yanrong
Ma Jian
Wang Hao
Zhao Baoming
Sun Xinyuan
Production locationChina
CinematographyZhang Shaolin
Yu Min
Zhao Xingang
Zhang Zhendong
Zhu Qiang
Gu Fuqun
Zhao Xinchang
Xie Jinfeng
Lang Yanhong
Li Congjun
EditorsHong Mei
Chen Xi
Zhang Jing
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companyCCTV
Original release
NetworkCCTV
ReleaseJanuary 1998 (1998-01) –
1998 (1998)
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The Water Margin is a 1998 Chinese television series adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical 14th-century novel of the same title. It was produced by CCTV with Zhang Jizhong as producer. It was first broadcast in China in January 1998. The series also featured action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping.

Liu Huan sang the ending theme song for the first 30 episodes while Peng Liyuan (a former singer who is now the First Lady of China) sang the one for the last 13 episodes.