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The Grainfield

2017 · 1 season

A slow-burning historical drama that immerses you in courtly intrigue and rural hardship, demanding attention as it unfolds a crisis of power and survival.

Created by
Kan Wei-ping
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wu Jing'an, Xu Seng, Ning Sun
Overview
In the eight years of Qianlong's reign, a golden chamber bird inspection led to a catastrophic earthquake that caused disasters. It exposed the crisis of the shrinking of grain fields in Daqing.

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Created by
Kan Wei-ping
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wu Jing'an, Xu Seng, Ning Sun
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 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
  • power
  • corruption
  • survival
  • politics
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Kan Wei-ping
Starring
Wu Jing'an, Xu Seng, Ning Sun, Zong Fengyan, Hao Ping, Wang Huichun, Hou Yansong, Chen Jie
Length
1 seasons, 40 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Sohu Video, iQiyi, CCTV-1, Tencent Video, PPTV
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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