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A Familiar Stranger

2022 · 1 season

A short, briskly paced romantic mystery with a magical identity swap, offering light tension and period charm.

Created by
Zeng Qingjie
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Ke Ying, Cheng Lei, Wang Zexuan
Overview
Kind-hearted artist Shi Qi is forced into a magical identity swap with the cunning noblewoman Shen Qin, placing her in an arranged marriage with the powerful General Xiao Hansheng.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Zeng Qingjie
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Ke Ying, Cheng Lei, Wang Zexuan
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
  • fantasy world
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism3
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Created by
Zeng Qingjie
Starring
Ke Ying, Cheng Lei, Wang Zexuan, Song Zhaoyi, An Qinfu, Chen Shengwei, Yang Yuanyuan, Hu Dongqing
Length
1 seasons, 18 episodes, 13 min each
Network
Mango TV, MyVideo
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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