TV series

The Shell Game (II)

1981 · 1 season

A slow-burning, talky drama of pride and power plays, where every hand of cards carries unspoken threats and quiet humiliations.

Overview: This series about gambler-rivalries in China. It was 1935 in Shanghai, a young country lad, Ah Long, who just arrived the city then to challenge Tu Yi Xiao (King Punter of the North) but soon he found himself insufficient and humbly begged to serve Tu as his master. Soon, Tu's gambling business expanded so fast cause other gangs felt annoyed and rivalries began.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, power, betrayal, crime
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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
Themes: ambition
power
betrayal
crime
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild