The Prince of Han Dynasty

*The Prince of Han Dynasty*
The Prince of Han Dynasty
	DVD cover art for Season 1
Traditional Chinese	大漢天子
Simplified Chinese	大汉天子
Literal meaning	Son of Heaven of the Great Han
Hanyu Pinyin	Dà Hàn Tiānzǐ
Genre	Historical fiction
Written by	Yang Xiaoxiong
Directed by	Season 1:; Liang Benxi; Gao Yijun; Season 2:; Dong Li; Season 3:; Fan Xiuming
Creative director	Stanley Kwan
Presented by	Shi Xue; Shi Jingguo
Starring	Huang Xiaoming
Opening theme	Shouye Gengbi Chuangye Nan(守业更比创业难) performed by Jing Gangshan
Ending theme	Wangle Wo (忘了我) performed by Huang Gexuan / Chu Rui
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	41 (Season 1); 40 (Season 2); 48 (Season 3)
Production
Producer	Zhou Min
Production location	China
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production companies	Baoshi Film Investment; China Great Wall Arts and Culture Centre;

The Prince of Han Dynasty is a three-season Chinese television series featuring a fictionalised life story of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Season 1 was first broadcast on Beijing Television in 2001 in mainland China, followed by the second and third seasons in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Except for Huang Xiaoming, who played Emperor Wu in all three seasons, the cast members in each season are almost different from its preceding one.

Titles

The Chinese titles for each season are as follows:

Season 1: 大汉天子 (The Prince of Han Dynasty)
Season 2: 大汉天子第二部:汉武雄风 (The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 2: The Majesty of Emperor Wu of Han)
Season 3: 大汉天子第三部:铁血汗青 (The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 3: Iron Blood and the Pages of History)

Cast

Season 1

Huang Xiaoming as Liu Che
Chen Daoming as Dongfang Shuo
Alyssa Chia as Niannujiao
Sally Chen as Empress Dowager Dou
Wang Ling as Wei Zifu
Chen Zihan as Princess Pingyang
He Jiayi as Chen Jiao
Liu Guanxiang as Li Ling
Liu Yijun as Qiuchan
Zhang Mingjian as Zhang Tang
Sun Feihu as Liu An
Shang Rong as Liu Ling
Xiu Zongdi as Marquis
Zhou Zheng as Sima Tan
Song Xiaochuan as Dou Ying
Yi Yang as Sima Xiangru
Jia Hongwei as Guan Fu
Liu Xiaoxiao as Guo Deren
Sun Hao as Cao Shou
Li Daxin as Liu Yi
Zhang Han as Lei Bei
Yao Gang as Liu Wu
Lu Yi as Dong Yan
Li Wei as Guo Mama
Song Daguang as Wei Qing
Ma Jie as Tingwei
Xu Liang as Huo Qubing
Sun Jiaolong as Dou Wei
Xu Lin as Empress Wang Zhi
Jin Tian as Princess Guantao
Zhao Zhengyang as Zhang Qian
Qiao Jie as Li Gan
Li Shengyu as Sima Qian
Peng Bo as Zhuo Wenjun
Sun Wanqing as Emperor Jing of Han
Zhao Dongbo as Mysterious man
Chi Guodong as Li Guang
Hao Yang as Zhang Tang's wife
Ya Bing as Yanzhi
Chang Hong as Laobao

Season 2

Huang Xiaoming as Emperor Wu of Han
Ning Jing as Empress Wei Zifu
He Jiayi as Li Wa / Empress Chen Jiao
Dong Yong as Wei Qing
Wang Gang as Zhu Fuyan
Du Chun as Li Ling
Liu Yun as Qiuchan
Li Li as Huo Qubing
Liu Xiaohu as Ji Anshi
Yang Hongwu as Ji An
Zhao Xiaorui as King of Hunxie
Hu Guangzi as Li Guangli
Guan Shaozeng as Tian Fen
Zhu Yana as Yanshi Malan

Season 3

Huang Xiaoming as Emperor Wu of Han
Ruping as Empress Wei Zifu
Sun Haiying as Jiang Chong
Li Fei as Qiuchan
Gao Hao as Li Han
Wu Qianqian as Empress Dowager Wang
Zhao Yiyang as Liu Ju
Bo Yan'an as Zhao Nizi
An Yixuan as Huo Qilian
Xiong Naijin as Princess Weichang
Liu Guanlin as Ji Qinhu
Dong Yong as Wei Qing
Zhou Ying as Liu Xijun
Chen Lili as Ziwei
Norman Chui as King of Yelang

External links

(in Chinese) The Prince of Han Dynasty on Sina.com
The Prince of Han Dynasty movie reviews on spcnet.tv
The Prince of Han Dynasty at IMDb