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Interior Chinatown

2024 · 1 season

A clever, playful puzzle that keeps bending its own reality, mixing laughs with a quiet ache about being unseen.

Created by
Charles Yu
Genres
Drama, Crime, Comedy
Starring
Jimmy O. Yang, Lisa Gilroy, Chloe Bennet
Tagline
Break out of your role.
Overview
Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural, tries to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family's buried history.

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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Charles Yu
Genres
Drama, Crime, Comedy
Starring
Jimmy O. Yang, Lisa Gilroy, Chloe Bennet
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • identity
  • family
  • race
  • media
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Stream
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Details

Genres
drama, crime, comedy
Created by
Charles Yu
Written by
Alex Russell, Charles Yu, Lauren Otero, Tiffany So
Starring
Jimmy O. Yang, Lisa Gilroy, Chloe Bennet, Ronny Chieng, Sullivan Jones, Archie Kao, Lin Xiaojie, Annie Chang
Music
Mark Mothersbaugh, Nick Lee
Cinematography
Tari Segal, Mike Berlucchi
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes
Network
Hulu
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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