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The Long Season

2023 · 1 season

A slow, haunting mystery that unfolds across decades, steeped in regret and the weight of a decaying industrial town.

Created by
Xin Shuang
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Fan Wei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao
Tagline
Look ahead, don't look back.
Overview
The 12-episode series follows Wang Xiang, an ex-train driver who had worked his whole life at the steel plant in a fictional small town in North China, as he attempts to solve the mystery behind a brutal murder during the autumn of 1998. For more than 20 years, the murder has haunted him and other people who worked at the steel plant as they struggled to come to terms with the loss they’ve experienced.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Xin Shuang
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Fan Wei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • memory
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Created by
Xin Shuang
Written by
Yu Xiaoqian, Pan Yiran, Chen Ji
Starring
Fan Wei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Li Gengxi, Liu Yitie, Jiang Qiming, Liu Lin, Shi Pengyuan
Music
Ding Ke
Cinematography
Chao Ming
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 67 min each
Network
Tencent Video
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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