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📺 Series

The Water Margin

水滸伝
📅 1973 ⭐ 7.6 🕐 50 min JP JP

The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu. The Water Margin is famous for its, sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as "Do not despise the snake for having no horns,for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 13 episodes
E1
Nine Dozen Heroes and One Wicked Man 1973-10-02
E2
None Ever Escape Alive 1973-10-09
E3
Both at Last Will Reach the Sea 1973-10-16
E4
Ever Busy are the Gods of Love 1973-10-23
E5
A Treasure of Gold and Jade 1973-10-30
E6
Bandits Who Steal Are Executed 1973-11-06
E7
How Easy to Die, How Hard to Live 1973-11-13
E8
A Man's Only Happiness 1973-11-20
E9
A Dutiful Son and the Love of a Brother 1973-11-27
E10
Escape Is Not Freedom 1973-12-04
E11
The Girl Who Loved the Flower Priest 1973-12-11
E12
Kao Chiu Loses His Heart 1973-12-18
E13
When Liang Shan Po Robbed the Poor 1973-12-25
Season 2 13 episodes
E1
A Death for Love, More Deaths from Greed 1974-01-01
E2
The Bravest Tiger Is First Killed 1974-01-08
E3
Heaven Aims the Master's Arrow 1974-01-15
E4
The Traps of Love and Hate 1974-01-22
E5
A Foolish Sage Who Got Involved 1974-01-29
E6
Mourn the Slaughter of So Many 1974-02-05
E7
The War to End All Wars 1974-02-12
E8
Death of a Great Man 1974-02-19
E9
Lin Chung Is Beaten 1974-02-26
E10
A Concubine's Dowry 1974-03-05
E11
Liang Shan Po and the Millionaire 1974-03-12
E12
Knight of the Long Sword 1974-03-19
E13
The Dynasty of Kao 1974-03-26
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