God of War, Zhao Yun

Chinese Hero Zhao Zi Long

Details

Title: 武神赵子龙 / Wu Shen Zhao Zi Long
English title: Chinese Hero Zhao Zi Long
Also known as: God of War Zhao Yun
Genre: Romanticized historical drama, war
Episodes: 49
Broadcast network: Hunan TV
Broadcast period: 2016-Apr-03 to 2016-Apr-30
Air time: Sunday to Thursday 19:40, Friday to Saturday 19:30

Synopsis

Zhao Zi Long (Lin Geng Xin), also known as Zhao Yun, was a great military general who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period. With unparalleled fighting skills, courage, and charisma, Zhao Yun initially served the great warlord Zan Gong Sun but switched alliances to serve Liu Bei for most of his illustrious career as a member of the famed Five Tiger Generals. But when Zhao Yun becomes embroiled in a love triangle with the beautiful Xiahou Qing Yi (Im Yoon Ah), and another great warrior, Gao Ze (Kim Jung Hoon), will he discover that battles of the heart are the most dangerous of all?

User/Viewer Ratings

4.11

(9 votes)

Cast

Main Cast

Lin Geng Xin as Zhao Zi Long
- Huang Tian Qi as childhood Zhao Zi Long
Im Yoon Ah as Xiahou Qing Yi / Ma Yu Rou
- as childhood Xiahou Qing Yi
Kim Jeong Hoon as Gao Ze
- Gao Zhen Xuan (高振宣) as childhood Gao Ze

Shu Han

Eastern Wu

He Gang as Sun Quan
Li Yuan (黎源) as Zhou Yu
Wang Kun (王坤) as Lu Su
Cai Gang as Zhang Zhao

Cao Wei

Zhang Ying (张鹰) as Cao Cao
Ma Yong Kang (马永康) as Xu Huang
Sun Hao Ran (孙浩然) as Zhang Liao
Fan Yu Lin as Gongsun Zan (Gongsun Bao Yue's father)
Jia Qing as Gongsun Bao Yue
Qi Hang (亓航) as Xiahou Jie (Xiahou Qing Yi's father)
Zhang He as Geng Chun
Lu Hong Yang (鲁红阳) as Cheng Yu
An Jun Qi (安俊崎) as Xun You

Late Han

Meng Yan Sen (孟彦森) as Prince of Hongnong
Zheng Wei (郑伟) as Emperor Xian of Han
Han Dong as Dong Zhuo
Godfrey Gao as Lü Bu
Guli Nazha as Diao Chan
Wu Di Wen as Li Ru
Miao Hao Jun as Wang Yun
Wang Gang as Liu Biao
Lu Ying as Lady Cai
Liu Liu (刘流) as Yuan Shao
Miao Hao Jun as Wang Yun
Min Jian (闵健) as Chen Gong
Luo Bin as Ma Teng
Tian Zhen (田震) as Jiang Gan

Others

Yu Rong Guang as Zhao An (Zhao Zi Long's father)
Shi Xiao Qun (Zhao Zi Long's mother)
Collin Chou (邹兆龙) as Li Ren Ding
Zhao Han Ying Zi as Li Fei Yan
Sun Xiao Xiao as Liu Qing Er
Guo Dong Dong as Liu Shen
- Wang Peng Chao as childhood Liu Shen
Du Yi Heng as Du Jue
Meng Zi Yi (孟子义) as Shi Yan
Li Ming Zhu (李明珠) as Zhao Shi Mei
Wang Guan (王冠) as Jiang Feng
Tan Xue Liang (谭学亮) as Ma Qing
Zhang Xiao Peng (张晓鹏) as Jiang An Guo
Wen Hao Cheng (文皓程) as Zhou Huai Zhong
Zhou Xiao Fei (周小飞) as Lin Yue
Sang Ping as Lü Pei Zhuang
Yuan Wu (元武) as Shanzei Lao Wu
Yang Yi Wei (杨一威) as Shanzei Lao Ba
Yi Ling (依灵) as Ping Er
Ma Hong Lei as Yang Song
Li Hong Tao as Dong Huang

Production Credits

Original writing: Novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Shan Tianfang
Producer: Cheng Li Dong (程力栋)
Executive Producer: Shan Tianfang
Directors: Liang Sheng Quan (梁胜权), Guo Jian Yong (国建勇)
Assistant Director Lin Jin Xi (林晋希)
Action director: Guo Jian Yong (国建勇)
Casting director: Sun Qiang (孙强)
Dubbing director: Wang Xiao Yan (王晓燕)
Screenwriter: Ying Ning (英宁), Li Li Zhuo (李立卓), Wei Zheng (维正)
Stylist: Chen Min Zheng (陈敏正)
Production company: Zhejiang Yongle Film & TV Production

Recognitions

2015 Global Luxury Award

Global Tourism Industry Congress Fusion Seminars, International Cultural Exchange Award (Lin Geng Xin and Im Yoon Ah)

Episode Ratings

See Chinese Hero Zhao Zi Long/Episode Ratings

Notes

Filming start: 2015-Jan-03
The production investment for this drama is nearly 250 million yuan (~$40 million)
Drama is being featured at Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART), which held from 23-26 March 2015. It’s reported that the overseas copyright prices offered for the drama has soared to USD$100,000 per episode, set the record for Chinese costume drama exported to overseas markets.
Drama is sold to Japan at USD$50,000 per episode and become the best-selling Chinese drama ever imported to Japan.

External Links

Baidu Baike
Sina Weibo
Chinese wikipedia
News articles: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)