Web Drama: Detective Chinatown
Chinese Title: 唐人街探案 / Tang Ren Jie Tan An
Broadcast Website: iQIYI
| Broadcast Date: January 1, 2020 |
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Suspense
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 12
Director: Dai Mo, Ke Wenli, Lai Mukuan, Yao Wenyi
Screenwriter: Chen Sicheng
Production Company: iQIYI Pictures, Shine Asia, Wanda Pictures, As One Production
Executive Producer: Chen Sicheng
Producer: Dai Ying, Shang Na
Origin: China
Related: Detective Chinatown 1, Detective Chinatown 2, Detective Chinatown 3
Watch Episodes On: Youtube (eng subs)
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Synopsis and Plot Summary
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
Lin Mo (Roy Chiu) is the student of Chinatown's number one detective. Yetian Haoer (Chen Zheyuan) is Yetian Hao younger brother. Separate storylines find the two characters caught in the center of mysteries revolving around the victim's widow Ivy (Janine Chang) and bar singer A Wen (Wang Zhener). Lin Mo pursues two cases: Four-Faced Buddha and Name of the Rose that not only takes place in Bangkok but also in Kaoshiung.
The third case about the Ghost's Invitation takes the story back to Bangkok and then to Tokyo. The investigator on the job is none other than Yetian Haoer who teams up with Asia's five-member team that include Lu Jingjing (Cheng Xiao) and rookie policewoman Sa Sha (Zhang Yishang)
Fun Facts
- Chen Sicheng expands on the Detective Chinatown movies by creating the web drama of the same name.
- Filming which started in December 2018 lasted 114 days.
- Filming took place in Bangkok, Kaohsiung and Tokyo.
- Unlike the movies which revolved around two main protagonists played by Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran, the story follows Roy Chiu and Chen Zheyuan's characters with the difference being that they do not appear together in the web drama.
- Prior to the cast was revealed, Roy Chiu and Janine Chang were caught in dating rumors. Roy Chiu's manager revealed that the actor was indeed pursuing Janine Chang.
- Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Yang and other cast from the Detective Chinatown movies appear in the drama. Liu Haoran also makes a cameo.
- Filming for almost four months is quite substantial for a drama with only 12 episodes as the same people behind the movie worked on the drama.
- Chen Sicheng had a vision to create modern day detectives as renowned detectives like Di Renjie exist only in ancient times.
- It achieved a high Douban rating 8.0 shortly after its premiere.
Cast
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Roy Chiu as Lin Mo |
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Zhang Yishang as Sa Sha |
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Wang Zhener as A Wen |
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Wesley Wong as Qin Jun |
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Chloe Gao Ye as Di Nan |
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Wang Yang as Cha Ya |
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Xie Wenxuan as A Shui |
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Janine Chang as Ivy |
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Zhang Songwen as Wen Song |
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Chen Zheyuan as Yetian Haoer |
Supporting Cast
- Cheng Xiao as Lu Qingqing
- Victor Ma Boqian as Shan Ben You Tai
- Li Mingxuan as Liu Feng
- Cui Yuxin as Cheng Tianshun
- Ancy Deng Enxi as Xiao Ai
- Dai Mo as Pei Shan
- Chen Yusi as Ya Taomei
- Shih Chang as Du Lang
- Chang Kuo-Chu as Lao Yu
- Mark Ma as Jia De
- Zhang Jingwei as Kun Ta
- Tian Yifeng as Bi Tou
- Wang Baoqiang as Tang Ren
- Liu Haoran as Qin Feng
- Xiao Yang as Kun Tai
- Shang Yuxian as KIKO
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