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Watch Your Back

2025 · 1 season

A tense, grounded procedural that turns a busy railway station into a stage for moral clashes and cat-and-mouse intrigue.

Created by
Lenseng Lou
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Guo Jingfei, Qin Lan, Zu Feng
Overview
Explores the complex lives and struggles of people traveling through the Li Cheng train station, highlighting the intense conflict between good and evil with high-stakes action and intrigue throughout a series of thrilling railway anti-pickpocketing cases.

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Created by
Lenseng Lou
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Guo Jingfei, Qin Lan, Zu Feng
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • justice
  • morality
  • deception
  • class
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Lenseng Lou
Written by
Wang Xiaoqiang
Starring
Guo Jingfei, Qin Lan, Zu Feng, Chen Jingke, Guo Keyu, Zhao Bin, Vincent Wong Ho-shun
Length
1 seasons, 24 episodes
Network
CCTV-8, iQiyi
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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