Suikoden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The ancient sages said, "do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?". So may one just man become an army. Nearly a thousand years ago in ancient China, at the time of the Sung dynasty, there was a cruel and corrupt government. These men riding are outlaws - heroes - who have been driven to live in the Water Margins of Liang Shan Po, far to the south of the capital city. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head, in a world very different from our own. The story starts in legend even then - for our heroes, it was said, were perhaps the souls reborn of other, earlier knights...

Series details

• Title: Suikoden
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 1973-10-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1974-03-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 1673

Cast and credited roles

• Kei Satō — Kao Chiu
• Atsuo Nakamura — Ling Chung

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1973-10-02; final listed air date 1974-03-26; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Suikoden on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.