All Men Are Brothers
Intertitle
Also known as	The Water Margin
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	水滸傳
Simplified Chinese	水浒传
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shuǐ Hǔ Zhuàn
Genre	Costume drama, martial arts
Based on	Water Margin by Shi Nai'an
Screenplay by	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	Zhou Zhiyong
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	86
Production
Executive producers	Zou Saiguang Cheng Lidong Zhang Suzhou
Producers	Ning Caishen He Ling Zhao Hongmei Wan Zihong Sheng Luosong Wu Guoqing
Production location	China
Editor	Chang Yang
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production companies	Beijing Yangguang Sheng Tong Culture Art Bona Film Group Beijing Da You Xinyi Film Beijing Ruyi Jixiang Film VODone Shandong TV Tianjin Film Production Shanghai Media Group Chongqing Broadcasting Group Anhui TV Heilongjiang TV Tianjin TV Sichuan TV Guangdong TV Fujian TV Jilin TV Yunnan TV Zhejiang TV Beijing TV Jiangsu TV
Original release
Network	8TV
Release	1 March 2011 (2011-03-01)

All Men Are Brothers (Chinese: 水滸傳) is a 2011 Chinese television series adapted from Shi Nai'an's 14th century novel 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 8TV in March 2011 in Malaysia.

List of episodes

Cast

Liangshan heroes

Others

Soundtrack

The music for the series was composed by Zhou Zhiyong (周志勇).

Track list

Hong Kong release

The Hong Kong release features a different opening and ending theme song from the original version. Both are sung in Cantonese.

Broadcasts

Re-broadcasts

Production

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] Zheng Shuang, who played Hu Sanniang in The Water Margin (1997), also expressed interest in taking on the (more challenging) role of Pan Jinlian.^[4] However, Gan Tingting was eventually cast as Pan Jinlian.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

There were rumours that Deng Chao, Nie Yuan, Tong Dawei and Huang Xiaoming are part of the cast. Huang, who was initially a popular choice for the role of Yan Qing,^[8] claimed that he did not receive any notice and is unable to join the project due to his schedule.^[9] Deng was considered by Wu Ziniu for playing Song Jiang.^[10] Nie was initially confirmed to portray Lin Chong,^[10] but an online poll found that Nie ranked behind another actor, Yu Bo (于波), in terms of popularity for playing Lin Chong, even though the poll was not a factor in determining which actor would be cast.^[11] Both Nie and Deng had expressed interest in taking on the role of Ximen Qing.^[9]