All Men Are Brothers (TV series)
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All Men Are Brothers intertitle
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| Also known as | 'The Water Margin, Shui Hu Zhuan' |
| Genre | Costume drama, martial arts |
| Written by |
Shi Nai'an (original story) Screenwriters: Wen Haojie Zhao Shuai Zhang Qiyin Gong Shangjuan Wu Tong Chang Qingtian Zhang Duo Sun Pingyang Cheng Simin Lu Ran Zeng Lu Chen Guoxuan Liao Chunshan Li Li Yang Yue |
| Directed by | Kuk Kwok-leung Zou Jicheng |
| Presented by | Zhang Lijun Han Guoqiang Wang Dafang Guo Li Yu Dong Cheng Lidong Yang Zi Fu Yiwei |
| Starring |
Zhang Hanyu Calvin Li Hu Dong Huang Haibing Chen Long Jing Gangshan Zhao Hu Yan Kuan Ady An |
| Opening theme | Xiongdi Wushu (兄弟无数) performed by Jing Gangshan |
| Ending theme | Sihai Mengyue (四海盟约) performed by Mao Amin |
| Composer(s) | Zhou Zhiyong |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin Cantonese (Hong Kong) |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Zou Saiguang Cheng Lidong Zhang Suzhou |
| Producer(s) | Ning Caishen He Ling Zhao Hongmei Wan Zihong Sheng Luosong Wu Guoqing |
| Location(s) | China |
| Editor(s) | Chang Yang |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | 1. Beijing Yangguang Sheng Tong Culture Art 2. Bona Film Group 3. Beijing Da You Xinyi Film Company 4. Beijing Ruyi Jixiang Film Company 5. VODone 6. Shandong TV 7. Tianjin Film Production 8. Shanghai Media Group 9. Chongqing Broadcasting Group 10. Anhui TV 11. Heilongjiang TV 12. Tianjin TV 13. Sichuan TV 14. Guangdong TV 15. Fujian TV 16. Jilin TV 17. Yunnan TV 18. Zhejiang TV 19. Beijing TV 20. Jiangsu TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | HD Jade (Hong Kong) |
| First shown in | 4 May 2011 |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn |
| All Men Are Brothers Television Original Soundtrack (新水浒传电视原声带) |
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| Soundtrack album by Zhou Zhiyong | |
| Released | August 16, 2011 |
| Label |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Longyue Wenhua |
All Men Are Brothers is a Chinese television series adapted from Shi Nai'an's Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The series is directed by Kuk Kwok-leung and features cast members from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The series was first broadcast on HD Jade in May 2011 in Hong Kong.
The music for the series was composed by Zhou Zhiyong (周志勇).
The Hong Kong release features a different opening and ending theme song from the original version. Both are sung in Cantonese.
Wu Ziniu was initially directing the series, but had switched to work on Great Porcelain Merchant as the shooting of All Men Are Brothers was delayed. He was replaced by Hong Kong television series director Kuk Kwok-leung. Art director Zheng Xiaolong said that he felt that Wu would be more suitable as the director, but he also expressed confidence in Kuk.
There were rumours that Fan Bingbing would be portraying Pan Jinlian. However, during the opening ceremony, Fan's spokesperson denied those claims and accused the production team of using Fan's name as a means of advertising the series. She added that Fan will only participate in projects her own company is involved in.Zheng Shuang, who played Hu Sanniang in The Water Margin (1997), also expressed interest in taking on the (more challenging) role of Pan Jinlian. However, Gan Tingting was eventually cast as Pan Jinlian.
Photos of actor Wu Yue dressed in ancient Chinese armour and posing in various martial arts stances appeared on the Internet around late 2009. There were rumours about the photos being a preview to Lin Chong's character design in the upcoming All Men Are Brothers. Wu's spokesperson claimed that Wu did not receive an official invitation from the production team of All Men Are Brothers to join the project, although he did interact with them. The photos are actually part of a wuxia themed series of pictures used to promote the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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