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Against The Light

2023 · 1 season

A slow-burning corporate revenge drama that keeps you leaning in, with emotional weight and quiet tension.

Created by
Wong Chun-Man
Genres
Drama
Starring
Zhang Hanyu, Lyric Lan, Waise Lee Chi-hung
Overview
When Bai Xi Ning was ten years old, her life was turned upside down, and she went from being an heiress of a jewelry enterprise to completely penniless. She was sent to Australia to be adopted by a Chinese couple and lost all contact with her home country. However, she eventually discovers that the reason her mother was sent to prison was that she had been framed. Fifteen years later, Xi Ning, who earned a dual degree through her own hard work and capability, joined the company that was once owned by her mother. She finds herself in the center of a power struggle between Li Zhuo Ran and Lin Yi.

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Created by
Wong Chun-Man
Genres
Drama
Starring
Zhang Hanyu, Lyric Lan, Waise Lee Chi-hung
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • family
  • power
  • justice
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Wong Chun-Man
Written by
Pepper Wu, Li Yifan
Starring
Zhang Hanyu, Lyric Lan, Waise Lee Chi-hung, Xu Xiaosa, Zhao Bingrui, Wang Ji, Sun Yu-ti, Thomas Price
Length
1 seasons, 45 episodes, 2 min each
Network
Jiangsu Television, iQiyi
Languages
Mandarin

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