TV series

Hidden Blade

2025 · 1 season

A slow-burning, intricate spy drama that keeps you leaning in to track shifting loyalties and quiet dangers.

Overview: Undercover Communist agent Li Heng, isolated before the liberation of Chengdu, reconnects with his party and navigates the complex web of KMT-CCP underground conflicts, factional KMT politics, and local gang rivalries to aid the Communist cause.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, isolation, loyalty, politics
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: betrayal
isolation
loyalty
politics
survival
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, war & politics
Created by: Liu Tao
Written by: Liang Zhenhua
Starring: Du Chun, Ying Er, Tu Songyan, Danni Chong, Guo Jiaming, Miya Muqi, Ren Zhengbin, Huang Pinyuan
Length: 1 seasons, 37 episodes, 45 min each
Network: CCTV-8, iQiyi
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin