The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
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Cast & Crew.
Sun Yanjun
刘备
Tang Guoqiang
诸葛亮
Bao Guoan
曹操
Lu Shuming
关羽
Li jingfei
张飞
Hong Yuzhou
周瑜
Zhang Guangbei
吕布
Hong Chen
貂蝉
He Qing
小乔
Wei Zongwan
司马懿
Liu Wei
魏延
Shan Zhang
Zhao Yun
Pu Cunxin
孙策
Yang Fan
Zhao Yun
Li Ming
曹节
Li Qingxiang
袁绍
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 23, 1994
Original Name三国演义
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes84
Running Time45m
Genres
Wiki.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong. The series was produced by China Central Television (CCTV) and was first aired on the network in 1994. It spanned a total of 84 episodes, each approximately 45 minutes long. One of the most expensive television series produced at the time, the project was completed over four years and involved over 400,000 cast and crew members, including divisions of the People's Liberation Army from the Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu military regions. Some of the dialogue spoken by characters was adapted directly from the novel. Extensive battle scenes, such as the battles of Guandu, Red Cliffs and Xiaoting, were also live-acted.
The series is widely seen as among the best period dramas in China and appraised for capturing the grand scale of the novel's story, themes and characters while maintaining its artistic and historical value.
The show has a 9.5 rating on Douban from over 89,030 reviews.