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Lei Yu

1996 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally charged period drama where unspoken desires and family secrets simmer beneath polite surfaces, demanding patience but rewarding with intense psychological depth.

Overview
The story took place in Tianjin in the 1920s. The whereabouts of Zhou Pu Yuan, the master of the Zhou mansion, is unknown due to the involvement of the Jiangqiao incident. The housekeeper Lu Gui had no choice but to bring Zhou Ping, the young master of the Zhou family, from Wuxi to manage the property. Just when Zhou Ping was about to sell the Zhou mansion to pay off the debt, Zhou Pu Yuan came back and brought along a young wife, Fan Yi, who stepped forward to help Zhou Ping understand the debt problem, bringing the two young people together. However, the awkward mother-child relationship made them dare not face up to their true feelings, and the unstoppable pain tormented them more violently. (Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)
How it feels
Melancholic, dark, tense and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, love, guilt, betrayal
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Created by
Li Shaohong, Zeng Nianping
Written by
Cao Yu
Starring
Wang Ji, Gua Ah-leh, Winston Chao Wen-hsuan, Bao Fang, Liu Dong, Tian Hairong, Xia Lixin, Lei Kesheng
Length
1 seasons, 20 episodes, 44 min each
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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