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Doppelganger

2018 · 1 season

A slow-burning identity swap that keeps you uneasy, watching a man sink deeper into a borrowed life.

Genres
Drama
Overview
After a betrayal drives Liwei to murder his friend, he boards a cruise planning to end his life. There, he meets Ruiming, a wealthy businessman who looks just like him and offers to help with his debts. When the cruise suffers a fatal accident, Ruming is presumed dead and Liwei is mistaken for him. Seeing a way out, Liwei assumes Ruiming’s identity and steps into a new life built on deception.
How it feels
Tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, deception, guilt, betrayal
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Christopher Lee, Fann Wong, Rebecca Lim, Jasmine Sim
Length
1 seasons, 20 episodes
Network
MediaCorp Channel 8
Country
Singapore
Languages
Mandarin

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