Mao Zedong (TV series)

Mao Zedong
Also known as
Traditional	毛澤東
Simplified	毛泽东
Genre	Epic biographical, historical
Based on	Mao Zedong
Written by	Huang Hui Ye Jian Quan Ying Yang Hong
Directed by	Gao Xixi
Starring	Tang Guoqiang Liu Jing Guo Lianwen Wang Wufu
Ending theme	PLA Occupied Nanjing (中国人民解放军占领南京)
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producer(s)	Zhang Huali Zhou Yaping Luo Hao
Location(s)	Hunan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai
Cinematography	Niu Mingshan Zhong Hua Lu Jian Sun Xiaoliang Yang Wei
Production company(s)	China Television Production Center Hunan Radio and TV Station Hunan Heguang Media Zhejiang Meinong Film
Release
Picture format	576i、1080i
Audio format	Dolby Digital
First shown in	CCTV-1 Hunan Television
Original release	December 25, 2013 – January 27, 2014

Mao Zedong (simplified Chinese: 毛泽东; traditional Chinese: 毛澤東; pinyin: Máo Zédōng) is a 2013 Chinese epic biographical television series which dramatises the life of Mao Zedong, the father of the People's Republic of China. it was directed by Gao Xixi, and starring Tang Guoqiang, Liu Jing, Guo Lianwen, and Wang Wufu. The television series is released in 2013 to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong.^[1][2]

Cast

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 Jiang Qing, 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 Soong Mei-ling.
• Tse Kwan-ho as Sun Yat-sen.

Others

• Zhang Chaowen as Xiao Zisheng.
• Wang Renjun as Guangxu Emperor.
• Zhao Hanjun as Huang Yanpei.
• Miura Kenichi as Hideki Tojo.

Production

Shooting began in December 2012 and took place in various locations including Hunan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Beijing, and Shanghai.^[1]

Award

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Ref
2014	China TV Golden Eagle Award	Golden Eagle Award for Best Television Series	Nominated	[3]

References

1. 大型史诗电视剧《毛泽东》北京开机 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-12-26.
2. 刘丛丹加盟《毛泽东》 万里挑一出演杨开慧 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-12-27.
3. 第十届金鹰节暨第27届金鹰奖获奖全名单. Sina (in Chinese). 2014-10-12.

External links

• Mao Zedong 163.COM (Chinese)
• Mao Zedong CNTV (Chinese)