Colour 26 episodes (50 minutes) 1976-1978
Based on the original story by Shi Naian [incorrectly credited on-screen to
Shih Tai-An or Shih Tai An; Koki Yokoyama also credited episodes 1-10] Produced by Kensuke Ishino, Toshio Kato (episodes 1-10), Norio Kato (11-26), Kazuo Morikawa
(11, 13-26) Music by Masaru Sato Cast: Atsuo Nakamura (Lin Chung), Sanae Tsuchida (Hu San-Niang), Kei Sato (Kao Chiu), Yoshiyo Matsuo (Hsiao Lan), Hajime Hana (Wu Sung), Takeshi Obayashi (Sung Chiang), Isamu Nagato (Lu Ta), Teruhiko Aoi (Shih Chin), Ryohei Uchida (Chu Wu), Toshio Kurosawa (Tai
Sung) [character name spelled Tai Tsung in episode 13, and in the novel], Ko Sato (Yang Chih)
[actor's name spelled Ju Sato, and character name incorrectly spelled Yang Chin,
in episode 11], Yoshiro Kitahara (Wang Lun), Tsutomu Yamagata (Chao Kai), Sachio
Sakai (Ko Shou), Hiroshi Hasegawa (Policeman 1), Akira Hamada (Policeman 2), Hideo Amamoto (Pai
Mien Lang), Akio Hasegawa (Chang Shun), Shino Kawai (Huang Wen-Ping), Noh Terada
(Kung Sun Sheng), Daijiro Harada (Hua Yung), Ryonosuke Minegishi (Huang Hsing),
Michiko Matsuki (Yu Lan), Ryunosuke Kaneda (Chi Ching), Mari Nakayama (Yen Li),
Fumiko Honma (Lu Ta's Mother), Shoji Kobayashi (Ju Hai), Goro Riku (Li Yun),
Takahiro Tamura (Chai Chin), Hyo Kitazawa (Chai Huang Cheng), Yunosuke Ito (Lo
Chen Jen), Kojiro Kusanagi (Kao Lien), Hitoshi Omae (Li Kwei) [actor's name
spelled Hitoshi Ohmae in episode 18], Tetsuro Tanba (General Hu), Osamu Sakai (Hu
Yen-I), Jyun Hongo (Liu), Jyun Negami (Gunpowder Hong), Kazumasa Negishi (Young
Hong), Toru Abe (Tseng Lung), Hiroshi Ogasawara (Tang I), Koichi Yamamoto (Liang
Chung Shu), Tomoko Mayama (Yung Hua), Jo Wakabayashi (Kuang Sheng), Sei
Hiraizumi (Tan Ting Yu) English adaptation by David Weir English voices: Michael McClain, Miriam Margolyes [actor's name incorrectly
spelled Mirium in episodes 1, 11-22], Peter Marinker, Elizabeth Proud, Sean Lynch, Trevor Martin, John Blythe, David Blagden, Sean Barratt, David Collings, Brian Haines, Simon Lack, Rupert Davies, John Blythe, Frank Duncan,
George Little, Peter Hawkins, Robert Rietti, John Woodvine, John Nolan, Ian
Thompson, Sean Barrett, Nicolette McKenzie [actor's name incorrectly spelled
Nickolette McKenzie in episode 24], Simon Lack, Cecile Chevreau, George
Little, John Carson, Hugh Dickson, Harold Reese, Peter Jeffrey, John Hollis,
Michael Kilgarriff, Cyril Shaps, Daniel Flynn, Garard Green, Paul Meier, Douglas
Blackwell, Garfield Morgan, Denys Hawthorne, Eric Flynn English narrator: Burt Kwouk Notes Fabulous Films released the entire series in 2003 (I checked their information and compiled some notes for the DVDs). This page compiled with thanks to John Mayall, Paul Mason, Simon Rayner and Keith Topping. The image at the top of the page is taken from the cover of David Weir's 1978 novel The Water Margin (published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and long out of print).