The Water Margin (1973)
- Original title
- 水滸伝
- Genre
- drama, action & adventure
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 2 seasons, 26 episodes
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Japanese TV series adaptation of a classic Chinese novel. It follows Lin Chung, an outlaw who battles against a corrupt local government official during the Song Dynasty. This is part of a larger story about 108 outlaws and their struggles.
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What happens
The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on the 14th-century book Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes each by Nippon Television it was shown in Japan in 1973 and 1974 as 水滸伝 (Hepburn: Suikoden). The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung (Atsuo Nakamura) and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu (Kei Satō). For an English-language version, it was adapted by David Weir without translations, using only brief plot synopses. The dubbed version, narrated by Burt Kwouk, was shown by the BBC from 1976 to 1978. An English novelisation, written by Weir, was released in 1978 as Water Margin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Blue Eye Samurai (2023)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.