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Detective Tanglang

2010 · 1 season

A slow, puzzle-driven period mystery that asks you to follow clues through elegant 1920s Shanghai.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Wallace Huo, Zhang Meng, Huang Jue
Tagline
Detective Tanglang
Overview
For the detective reasoning drama filmed in 2010, it was premiered on Wuhan News Channel on October 1, 2010, and a set of CCTV stars was released on October 28, 2010. It will be broadcast on China Television on February 28, 2011. It is about the bizarre cases that took place in Shanghai on the 1920s.

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Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Wallace Huo, Zhang Meng, Huang Jue
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • deception
    • justice
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • procedural
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, mystery
    Starring
    Wallace Huo, Zhang Meng, Huang Jue, Zeng Li, Jin Sha, Huo Siyan, Eddy Ko Hung
    Length
    1 seasons, 30 episodes, 45 min each
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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