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Crimson River

2020 · 1 season

A quiet, brooding return to a haunted hometown, where old wounds surface slowly and every familiar face hides something.

Created by
Yang Miao
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Starring
Song Yang, You Jingru, Yuan Wenkang
Overview
An unsolved murder case of a young girl repeats itself twenty years later and awakens the memories of a peaceful town. Shan Feng, who was once a witness to the murder case, now returns to the town as a policeman, unable to forget the painful memories. He seeks out the truth and discovers all the people related to the case have undergone drastic changes.

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Created by
Yang Miao
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Starring
Song Yang, You Jingru, Yuan Wenkang
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • memory
  • mystery
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, mystery
Created by
Yang Miao
Written by
Yang Miao
Starring
Song Yang, You Jingru, Yuan Wenkang, Jiao Gang, Li Jiuxiao, Song Ningfeng, Qin Yu, He Peng
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes
Network
iQiyi
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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