All Men Are Brothers (TV series)

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.

Liangshan heroes

 * Ray Lui as Chao Gai
 * Zhang Hanyu as Song Jiang
 * Wang Jianxin as Lu Junyi
 * Calvin Li as Wu Yong
 * Jing Gangshan as Gongsun Sheng
 * Bao Li Gao as Guan Sheng
 * Hu Dong as Lin Chong
 * Zhao Qiusheng as Qin Ming
 * Yan Hongzhi as Huyan Zhuo
 * Zhang Di as Hua Rong
 * Huang Haibing as Chai Jin
 * Bai Jiancai as Li Ying
 * Yu Yankai as Zhu Tong
 * Jin Song as Lu Zhishen
 * Chen Long as Wu Song
 * Yu Bo as Dong Ping
 * Zhang Xiaochen as Zhang Qing
 * Gao Hu as Yang Zhi
 * Wang Li as Xu Ning
 * Liu Hailong as Suo Chao
 * Yu Boning as Dai Zong
 * Kou Zhanwen as Liu Tang
 * Kang Kai as Li Kui
 * Han Dong as Shi Jin
 * Sun Xiaofei as Mu Hong
 * Bai Hailong as Lei Heng
 * Yu Chengxi as Li Jun
 * Zhao Shuai as Ruan Xiaoer
 * Liu Ke as Zhang Heng
 * Liu Difei as Ruan Xiaowu
 * Wei Binghua as Zhang Shun
 * Zhang Haoxiang as Ruan Xiaoqi
 * Na Zhidong as Yang Xiong
 * Liu Guanxiang as Shi Xiu
 * Zhang Zichen as Xie Zhen
 * Du Peng as Xie Bao
 * Yan Kuan as Yan Qing
 * Chen Cheng as Zhu Wu
 * Na Jiawei as Huang Xin
 * Yang Yi as Sun Li
 * Pan Ge as Xuan Zan
 * Sun Donghao as Hao Siwen
 * Duan Yang as Han Tao
 * Chen Songtao as Peng Qi
 * Zhu Jie as Shan Tinggui
 * Jiang Xiaomeng as Wei Dingguo
 * Bai Zhicheng as Xiao Rang
 * Ji Qiansong as Pei Xuan
 * Zhang Chong as Ou Peng
 * Deng Fei as Deng Fei
 * Wumaierjiang as Yan Shun
 * Xia Tian as Yang Lin
 * Geng Yi as Ling Zhen
 * Tian Ye as Jiang Jing
 * Sun Boyang as Lü Fang
 * Yang Yang as Guo Sheng
 * Chen Dacheng as An Daoquan
 * Tian Wentao as Huangfu Duan
 * Wang Chunyuan as Wang Ying
 * Liu Xiaoxiao as Hu Sanniang
 * Yang Bin as Bao Xu
 * Liu Zhangyin as Fan Rui
 * Wang Zengqi as Kong Ming
 * Liu Liang as Kong Liang
 * Ying Jun as Xiang Chong
 * Zhou Mingyang as Li Gun
 * Guo Xiao'an as Jin Dajian
 * Zhang Chi as Ma Lin
 * Hong Yiping as Tong Wei
 * Hu Meng as Tong Meng
 * Sun Jiandong as Meng Kang
 * Li Haishan as Hou Jian
 * Zhang Xiaomin as Chen Da
 * Peng Hongyu as Yang Chun
 * Gao Hai as Zheng Tianshou
 * Sun Fuli as Tao Zongwang
 * Li Xiaolong as Song Qing
 * He Xianwei as Yue He
 * Dong Hai as Gong Wang
 * Zi Liang as Ding Desun
 * Liu Bo as Mu Chun
 * Liu Yulong as Cao Zheng
 * Guo Bo as Song Wan
 * Gao Zhao as Du Qian
 * Li Shu as Xue Yong
 * Liu Zihe as Shi En
 * Li Yonglin as Li Zhong
 * Xie Zhang as Zhou Tong
 * Liu Yong as Tang Long
 * Qiu Feng as Du Xing
 * Wu Kegang as Zou Yuan
 * Wang Fei as Zou Run
 * Yuan Min as Zhu Fu
 * Li Shengyu as Zhu Gui
 * Li Guoping as Cai Fu
 * Zheng Xilong as Cai Qing
 * Lü Yuantian as Li Li
 * Ge Min as Li Yun
 * Kou Jun as Jiao Ting
 * Li Haidong as Shi Yong
 * Zhang Jinhe as Sun Xin
 * Hu Ke as Gu Dasao
 * Mao Zhu as Zhang Qing
 * He Jiayi as Sun Erniang
 * Cui Yang as Wang Dingliu
 * Ge Zi as Yu Baosi
 * Liu Guanlin as Bai Sheng
 * Liu Fengchao as Shi Qian
 * Chen Lianghao as Duan Jingzhu

Others

 * Yang Zi as Emperor Huizong
 * Ady An as Li Shishi
 * Xue Zhongrui as Cai Jing
 * Zhou Mingcan as Tong Guan
 * Waise Lee as Gao Qiu
 * Tong Dawei as Su Dongpo
 * Anita Yuen as Lin Chong's wife
 * Yang Niansheng as Su Yuanjing
 * Jin Ke as Chen Wanshan
 * Zhang Tielin as Hong Xin
 * Liu Xiao Ling Tong as Squire Kong
 * Qi Huai as Wen Da
 * Wang Xinran as Fu'an
 * Yin Fuwen as Shi Wenbin
 * He Shengwei as Liang Shijie
 * Zhao Yiyang as Gao Yanei
 * Song Dong as Lu Qian
 * Liu Bingfeng as "Yuhou" Li
 * Wang Yiwei as Zhang Ganban
 * Wang Jianguo as Wang Jin
 * Li Haohan as Wang Lun
 * Sun Lihua as Cheng Wan'er
 * Du Chun as Ximen Qing
 * Gan Tingting as Pan Jinlian
 * Qiang Long as Wu Dalang
 * Hu Guangzi as Zhang Wenyuan
 * Xie Ning as Butcher Zheng
 * Han Dong as Jiang the Door God
 * Ji Chunhua as Luan Tingyu
 * Xu Xiangdong as Shi Wengong
 * Jiang Shouzhi as Ye Qing
 * Ma Zijun as Elder Zhizhen / Zhou Tong
 * Yang Yongjie as Zeng Tu
 * Wang Yanming as Zeng Mi
 * Xu Shuo as Zeng Suo
 * Yin Hailong as Zeng Kui
 * Chen Guoliang as Zeng Sheng
 * Wang Duhao as Cui Daocheng
 * Gao Quanjun as Qiu Xiaoyi
 * Wu Qingzhe as Fang La
 * Ren Xihong as Pang Wanchun
 * Meng Yao as Pan Qiaoyun
 * Fu Lei as Zhu Biao
 * Xie Xian as Yulan
 * Wang Mian as Ying'er
 * Bi Xiuru as Yan Po
 * Xiong Naijin as Yan Xijiao
 * Huang Yingxuan as Qiongying
 * Ding Zishuo as Jin Cuilian
 * Xu Wanqiu as Li Ruilan
 * Wang Zixuan as Lu Jinzhi
 * Wang Wenting as Bai Xiuying
 * Chen Lili as Madam Jia
 * Ma Youxi as Madam Cui
 * Yi Dan as Liu Gao's wife
 * Ge Siran as Liu Jinniang
 * Yang Qing as Granny Wang
 * Wang Yining as Xu Ning's wife
 * Li Wenzhen as Granny Li
 * Xiao Yuyu as Yue'er
 * Liu Meilin as Jin'er
 * Qi Xunfei as Chunxiang
 * Hai Bo as Immortal Zhang
 * Li Xi'er as Li Qiaonu
 * Ren Yuan as Shi Bao

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

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

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. 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.

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

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.

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, claimed that he did not receive any notice and is unable to join the project due to his schedule. Deng was considered by Wu Ziniu for playing Song Jiang. Nie was initially confirmed to portray Lin Chong, 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. Both Nie and Deng had expressed interest in taking on the role of Ximen Qing.