TV series

The Long River

2022 · 1 season

A stately, talk-heavy historical drama about bureaucracy and disaster, rewarding patient viewers with quiet tension and moral weight.

Overview: During the fifteenth year of Emperor Kang Xi's reign, a catastrophic Yellow River flood devastates the empire. To save his people, Kang Xi recruits brilliant minds through civil service exams, including the innovative Chen Huang, to confront the crisis and restore hope.
How it feels: Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, power, survival, ambition
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 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: politics
power
survival
ambition
class
Places: countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama
Created by: Zhang Ting
Written by: Zhang Ting
Starring: Luo Jin, Yin Fang, Huang Zhizhong, Xi Meijuan, Liang Guanhua, Su Ke, Lu Siyu, Gong Lei
Length: 1 seasons, 40 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Hunan Television, Mango TV, Migu Video
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin