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A Good Wife

2013 · 1 season

A quiet, slow ache of a drama, watching a stifled life crack open and the guilty thrill of wanting more.

Created by
Pan Yi Qun
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tien Hsin, Christopher Lee, Darren Chiu
Overview
As her seemingly idyllic life begins to crumble, a lonely woman in a restrictive marriage starts an affair with a gentle bookstore owner.

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Created by
Pan Yi Qun
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tien Hsin, Christopher Lee, Darren Chiu
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Pan Yi Qun
Starring
Tien Hsin, Christopher Lee, Darren Chiu, Shara Lin, Man-Ning Hsi, Chu De-kang
Length
1 seasons, 26 episodes
Network
TTV Main Channel
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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