| Royal Tramp | |||||||
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| Also known as | The Deer and the Cauldron The Duke of Mount Deer | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鹿鼎記 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鹿鼎记 | ||||||
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| Genre | Wuxia, comedy, historical fiction | ||||||
| Based on | The Deer and the Cauldron by Louis Cha | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Gao Dayong Lang Xuefeng Huang Yonghui Kang Feng Gao Rongrong | ||||||
| Directed by | Yu Min | ||||||
| Presented by | Wang Zhongjun Pu Shulin | ||||||
| Starring | Huang Xiaoming Wallace Chung Cherrie Ying He Zhuoyan Shu Chang Liu Zi Liu Yun Hu Ke Li Fei'er | ||||||
| Theme music composer | Chen Tong | ||||||
| Opening theme | "How Did It Suddenly Become Like This" (怎么忽然就成了这样) performed by Zhang Xin | ||||||
| Ending theme | "Turn Back" (回转) performed by Zhang Jiang | ||||||
| Country of origin | China | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 50 | ||||||
| Production | |||||||
| Executive producers | Xiaochun Wang Zhonglei | ||||||
| Producers | Zhang Jizhong Song Yaping | ||||||
| Production location | China | ||||||
| Cinematography | Yu Min | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
| Production companies | Huayi Brothers Film Investment Company Beijing Cathay Media Ltd. | ||||||
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| Network | Jiangsu TV | ||||||
| Release | 5 May 2008 – 2008 | ||||||
Royal Tramp is a 2008 Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron . Produced by Zhang Jizhong and Huayi Brothers, the series consists of 50 episodes, filmed in high definition. The series was first broadcast on Jiangsu TV in China in 2008 and was subsequently aired on TVB in Hong Kong and other countries.
