TV series

Above the Wall

1 season

A quiet, heavy investigation into buried wrongdoing, carried by grief and stubborn resolve rather than thrills.

Overview: In the late 1990s, amid state enterprise reforms, a factory worker, Jiao Tongsheng, dies under suspicious circumstances, and evidence of corruption disappears. His daughter, Shuangsheng, works to uncover the truth and risks everything to expose the killer and help bring him to justice.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, justice, family, grief
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: corruption
justice
family
grief
class
Places: small town
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, crime, mystery
Created by: 徐翀
Starring: Li Guangjie, Ai Mi, Zhu Zhu, Dong Jie, Zhao Wei, Cai Lu, Gao Zhiting, Lin Jiachuan
Length: 1 seasons, 1 episodes
Network: Youku
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin