Mao Zedong (TV series)

Mao Zedong  is a 2013 Chinese epic biographical television series which dramatises the life of Mao Zedong, former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the main founder of the People's Republic of China. It was directed by Gao Xixi, and starred Tang Guoqiang, Liu Jing, Li Bowen, Guo Lianwen, and Wang Wufu. The television series was released in 2013 to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong.

Mao and other Communist Party leaders

 * Hou Jingjian as Younger Mao Zedong.
 * Tang Guoqiang as Mao Zedong.
 * Liu Congdan as Yang Kaihui, Mao's first wife.
 * Liu Jing as Zhou Enlai.
 * Xia Dejun as Younger Zhou Enlai.
 * Wang Wufu as Zhu De.
 * Ren Shan as Younger Zhu De.
 * Guo Lianwen as Liu Shaoqi.
 * Zong Liqun as Peng Dehuai.
 * Sun Hongtao as Zhang Wentian.
 * Wang Yanan as Ye Ting.
 * Wang Biqi as He Zizhen, Mao's second wife.
 * Shao Feng as Wang Jiaxiang.
 * Fan Ying as Mao Anying, Mao's elder son.
 * Sun Jia as Madame Mao, Mao's third wife.
 * You Liping as Lin Biao.
 * Wang Jian as Ren Bishi.
 * Zhao Liqiang as Xi Zhongxun.
 * Xu Maomao as Nie Rongzhen.
 * Gu Wei as Chen Yi.
 * Xie Gang as Chen Yun.

Kuomintang leaders

 * Ma Xiaowei as Chiang Kai-shek.
 * Zhao Kai as Chiang Ching-kuo.
 * Yu Bin as Zhang Xueliang.
 * Liu Bo as H. H. Kung.
 * Ke Lan as Soong Ai-ling.
 * Zhang Junhan as Chen Lifu.
 * Yu Mingjia as Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
 * Tse Kwan-ho as Sun Yat-sen.
 * Liu Yijun as Wang Jingwei.

Others

 * Zhang Chaowen as Xiao Zisheng.
 * Wang Renjun as Guangxu Emperor.
 * Zhao Hanjun as Huang Yanpei.
 * Miura Kenichi as Hideki Tojo.
 * Li Bowen
 * Wang Gongliang

Production
Shooting began in December 2012 and took place in various locations including Hunan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Beijing, and Shanghai.