The Water Margin (1973)
The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu. The Water Margin is famous for its, sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as "Do not despise the snake for having no horns,for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""
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Atsuo Nakamura
as Lin Chung
Atsuo Nakamura (中村 敦夫, Nakamura Atsuo, born 18 February 1940) is a Japanese actor and politician. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1964. His younger brother Katsuyuki Nakamura is a writer....
Sanae Tsuchida
as Hu San-Niang
Kei Satō
as Kao Chiu
Kei Satō (佐藤 慶, Satō Kei; born December 21, 1928 in Aizuwakamatsu – May 2, 2010) was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, an...
Takeshi Ōbayashi
as Sung Chiang
Toshio Kurosawa
as Tai Sung
Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢年雄) was born on February 4, 1944 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Lady Snowblood (1973), Urutora Q (1965) and Samurai Assassin (1965)..
