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Playing Go

2025 · 1 season

A tense, slow-burning descent into crime, anchored by a quiet, ordinary man's moral unraveling and the relentless pursuit by his own brother.

Created by
Fang Yuan, Gao Nini
Genres
Mystery, Crime
Overview
Cui Ye is an ordinary Go teacher whose life spirals into chaos after an accidental entanglement in a crime. As he gradually descends into illegality, his police officer brother, Cui Wei, relentlessly pursues him.

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Created by
Fang Yuan, Gao Nini
Genres
Mystery, Crime
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • family
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
mystery, crime
Created by
Fang Yuan, Gao Nini
Written by
Dai Yue, Fang Yuan, Gao Nini
Starring
Wang Baoqiang, Chen Minghao, Chen Yongsheng, Wang Zhi, Li Naiwen, Li Meng, Wu Tianqi, Li Ruotian
Length
1 seasons, 22 episodes
Network
CCTV-8
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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