Mao Zedong (TV series)

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Mao Zedong
Also known as
Traditional Chinese	毛澤東
Simplified Chinese	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 Li Bowen
Ending theme	PLA Occupied Nanjing (中国人民解放军占领南京)
Country of origin	China
Original languages	Mandarin English Russian Japanese Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producers	Zhang Huali Zhou Yaping Luo Hao
Production locations	Hunan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai
Cinematography	Niu Mingshan Zhong Hua Lu Jian Sun Xiaoliang Yang Wei
Production companies	China Television Production Center Hunan Radio and TV Station Hunan Heguang Media Zhejiang Meinong Film
Original release
Release	December 25, 2013 (2013-12-25) – January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)

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, 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.^[1][2]

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

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

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