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Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.

Release Date : 2024-02-10

Language :Mandarin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Beijing Enlight Pictures

Production Country : China

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Lei Jiayin

Character Name : Han Ming

Original Name : 雷佳音

Gender : Male

Ma Li

Character Name : Li Maojuan

Original Name : Ma Li

Gender : Female

Gao Ye

Character Name : Lu Lingling

Original Name : 高叶

Gender : Female

Zhao Liying

Character Name : Hao Xiuping

Original Name : 赵丽颖

Gender : Female

Liu Yaowen

Character Name : Han Yuchen

Original Name : 劉耀文

Gender : Male

Wang Xiao

Character Name : Deputy Inspector Tian

Original Name : 王驍

Gender : Male

Chen Minghao

Character Name : Li Maoquan

Original Name : Chen Minghao

Gender : Male

Pan Binlong

Character Name : Wang Yongqiang

Original Name : 潘斌龙

Gender : Male

Zhang Yi

Character Name : Director Zhang

Original Name : Zhang Yi

Gender : Male

Fan Wei

Character Name : Liu Bingren

Original Name : 范偉

Gender : Male

Yu Hewei

Character Name : Wang Jian

Original Name : 于和伟

Gender : Male

Xu Yajun

Character Name : Secretary Cao

Original Name : 許亞軍

Gender : Male

Li Naiwen

Character Name : Class Teacher

Original Name : 李乃文

Gender : Male

Jiang Qiming

Character Name : Lawyer Chen

Original Name : 蒋奇明

Gender : Male

Alan Aruna

Character Name : Liu Wenjing

Original Name : Alan Aruna

Gender : Male

Yang Haoyu

Character Name : Zhang Guisheng

Original Name : 杨皓宇

Gender : Male

Xu Jingya

Character Name : Yaya

Original Name : 许静雅

Gender : Female

Qiao Shan

Character Name : Owner of the Commissary

Original Name : 喬杉

Gender : Male

Jiang Shimeng

Character Name : Lady of the Commissary

Original Name : Jiang Shimeng

Gender : Female

Wang Peilu

Character Name : Cousin

Original Name : Peilu Wang

Gender : Male

Ding Yongdai

Character Name : Zhao Ting

Original Name : 丁勇岱

Gender : Male

Liu Yitie

Character Name : Xiao Wang

Original Name : Liu Yitie

Gender : Male

Shi Pengyuan

Character Name : Zhang Ke

Original Name : 史彭元

Gender : Male

Li Xiaochuan

Character Name : Da Yong

Original Name : 李晓川

Gender : Male

Yang Yiwei

Character Name : Police at the Police Station

Original Name : Yang Yiwei

Gender : Male

Song Muzi

Character Name : Construction Site Security

Original Name : Song Muzi

Gender : Male

Fei Fan

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Fei Fan

Gender : Female

Jiang Pengyu

Character Name : Water Heater Salesman

Original Name : 蒋鹏宇

Gender : Female

Wang Naixun

Character Name : Bullied Student

Original Name : Wang Naixun

Gender : Male

Zhang Lei

Character Name : Lao Qin

Original Name : 張磊

Gender : Male

Quanbin Wang

Character Name :

Original Name : 王全彬

Gender : Male

Chen Yongsheng

Character Name :

Original Name : Chen Yongsheng

Gender : Male

Zhang Yinan

Character Name :

Original Name : 张壹男

Gender : Male

Huang Yan

Character Name :

Original Name : Huang Yan

Gender : Male

Song Jiateng

Character Name :

Original Name : 宋家腾

Gender : Male

Lin Boyang

Character Name :

Original Name : 林博洋

Gender : Female

Li Deng Rui

Character Name :

Original Name : Li Deng Rui

Gender : Male

Yan Peng

Character Name :

Original Name : Yan Peng

Gender : Male

Shuai Ji

Character Name :

Original Name : Shuai Ji

Gender : Male

Li Yuxuan

Character Name :

Original Name : Li Yuxuan

Gender : Female

Zhao Tieying

Character Name :

Original Name : Zhao Tieying

Gender : Male

Yu Xiyue

Character Name :

Original Name : Yu Xiyue

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-04

The topic here is quite an interesting one. A CCTV camera captures a man being attacked and stabbed multiple times. The police apprehend the perpetrator, but as the hastily partnered prosecutors - "Han Ming" (Jiayin Lei) and "Liu Lingling" (Ye Gao) start to investigate, they discover that the victim was actually quite an odious creature who probably deserved his fate - despite the vocal protestations of his family. Meantime, the former is also having some family drama after is son "Yuchen" (Liu Yaowen) intervenes in a school bullying incident and finds himself faced with making an humiliating apology or a court-ordered detention. Poor old "Han" is now under mounting pressure from his bosses, his partner and from his rather strong-willed wife "Li Maojuan" (Li Ma). Juggling plates isn't really his forte, and for most of the drama we vacillate between the increasingly hysterical and bickering marital relationship that starts off quite funny but ends up quite grating, and a police investigation that ultimately has a political point to make about the voracity of Chinese justice to the audience. It does have it's moments, and at times I did feel a bit sorry for "Han" as his problems accumulate with no obvious solution for a man who just wants to get to his retirement in one piece. Otherwise, though, it's all a bit messy. The narrative doesn't really flow and it becomes just a but too much of a soap for me as it begins to run out of steam. It is watchable, and at times does raise a smile - but the stories are all just a bit too thin.