TV series

Hanging Mirrors

2025 · 1 season

A grim, methodical police hunt that keeps pulling you toward something older and stranger beneath the ordinary city.

Overview: Police officers Xu Xiao and Lin Guoqiang team up to investigate a dismemberment case, uncovering a link to an ancient immortality ritual, with the mastermind being a seemingly harmless young woman.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, mystery, deception, obsession
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
mystery
deception
obsession
death
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: mystery
Created by: Hu Yaozhi
Written by: Wang Tao
Starring: Simon Yam, Zhu Yuchen, Zhang Lingxin, Huang Yi, Liu Jinshan, Sun Hao, Liu Lin, Wang Kuirong
Length: 1 seasons, 18 episodes
Network: Tencent Video
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin