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Burning Years

2023 · 1 season

A slow, serious drama about old friends drifting apart, watching choices quietly pull people toward opposite sides.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Elvis Han, Jia Hongxiao, Zhang Youhao
Overview
Lin Zhihua, Xu Weibiao, Wang Lei, and Zhang Peng are childhood friends with different personalities who parted ways and took different paths due to their choices during a time of change, leading them to stand on opposite sides.

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Elvis Han, Jia Hongxiao, Zhang Youhao
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • betrayal
    • identity
    • fate
    • loyalty
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Starring
    Elvis Han, Jia Hongxiao, Zhang Youhao, Gan Yunchen, Ma Li, Liu Yang
    Length
    1 seasons, 30 episodes
    Network
    Youku
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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