TV series

Jue Ze

2012 · 1 season

A tense wartime thriller that keeps you leaning forward, weighed down by danger and moral stakes.

Overview: After Japan’s invasion of China, a Chinese professor in Boston returns to Beijing to translate a document exposing Japanese war crimes for the UN, but becomes a target of the Japanese army, who will stop at nothing, including kidnapping his brother, to silence him.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: War, survival, family, justice
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: war
survival
family
justice
betrayal
Places: big city
military
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Genres: war & politics
Starring: Ma Yue, Lin Yongjian, Wang Yajie, Hou Tianlai, Hu Ke, Sha Jingchang, Wang Tonghui, Li Xinyi
Length: 1 seasons, 40 episodes, 45 min each
Network: CCTV-8
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin