46 minSeason 1 • Episode 40
LatestZhou Yi is a Communist Party agent. In order to facilitate him lurking inside the enemy, the organization dispatched a female operator, Gu Qiuyan, to pretend to be his wife. However, in the face of Gao Bin, the thoughtful and powerful opponent of the Secret Service, the true identities of the two faced severe challenges.
Acting
Zhang Jiayi's controlled stillness says everything.
Direction
Liu Jin frames suspicion in every doorway glance.
Writing
Dialogue so loaded, silence feels like a weapon.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Depicts the rarely dramatized Communist underground in 1930s Harbin, a city under Japanese occupation that became a real espionage hotbed.
Song Jia reportedly insisted on minimal makeup to emphasize Qiuyan's exhaustion; the production design used actual vintage fabrics that restricted movement, making actors physically feel the era's constraints.
CN
