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The Water Margin: Softhearted Lu Ta Rescues a Songbird

on BBC Two England

The epic story of the legendary heroes of The Water Margin is continued in this new and exciting 16-part series of a free-wheeling adaptation of the Chinese classic. A thousand years ago, in China, the souls of 108 knights were reborn to fight the tyranny and corruption of the Government. They lived by their wits and their swords in the marshy lands of the water margins of Lian Shan Po. Lin Chung was their leader and never a day went by without a damsel to be rescued or a wrong to be put right. Or so the legend says....
English adaptation by David Weir
With the voices of Michael McClain, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Marinker, John Blythe, Brian Haines, John Nolan and Burt Kwouk
Produced by NTV, Tokyo

Contributors

[Voice]:
Michael McClain
[Voice]:
Miriam Margolyes
[Voice]:
Peter Marinker
[Voice]:
John Blythe
[Voice]:
Brian Haines
[Voice]:
John Nolan
[Voice]:
Burt Kwouk
Dubbing director:
Michael Bakewell
Lin Chung:
Atsuo Nakamura
Hu San-niang:
Sanae Tsuchida
Kao Chiu:
Kei Sato
Lu Ta:
Isamu Nagato
Yang Chin:
Ju Sato
Kung Sun Sheng:
Noh Terada

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