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Fake Dad

2025 · 95 min

A gentle, good-natured comedy-drama about mistaken identity that coasts on charm and easy laughs toward a soft emotional payoff.

Directed by
Jia Bing
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Jia Bing, Yin Zheng, Ni Hongjie
Overview
Yang Haoliang, an evergreen singer in the past, accidentally discovers that some is using his identity to deceive others. He asks his son, Yang Shiyue, to find out the truth. Yang Shiyue ends up teaming up with his fake father.

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Directed by
Jia Bing
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Jia Bing, Yin Zheng, Ni Hongjie
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
  • parenthood
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Jia Bing
Written by
姚冠辰, He Keke
Starring
Jia Bing, Yin Zheng, Ni Hongjie, Xu Zheng, Ding Jiali, Yang Haoyu, Pan Binlong, Bao Bei'er
Cinematography
Xie Zhongdao
Runtime
95 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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