
Dispatches from Elsewhere(2020)
A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.


Set in the early Republican era, the story follows a policeman with a dual personality who lifts the veil on a series of strange cases. The year is 1911 and China is on the eve of revolution. A series of connected homicides occurs in rural Fuyuan County, a prefecture on the outskirts of Tianjin. Tianjin detective Tan Bodun and his team head there to solve the case. After peeling back the layers of the mystery, he uncovers a shocking secret about Fuyuan County and a struggle between justice and evil begins.
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Gao Zhiting
Tan Bodun

Zhang Xin
Luo Jiazhen

Qu Gaowei
Song Chengmin

Wang Longzheng
Zheng Jiewu

Liu Yijun
Luo Yuding

Liu Enshang
Da Pan

Meng Xiu
Liu Quenan

Allie Chan
He Chunting
Detective is a mystery, drama series that first aired in 2020. Created by Qichen Zhao, it stars Gao Zhiting, Zhang Xin, Qu Gaowei. Set in the early Republican era, the story follows a policeman with a dual personality who lifts the veil on a series of strange cases. The year is 1911 and China is on the eve of revolution. A series of connected homicides occurs in rural Fuyuan County, a prefecture on the outskirts of Tianjin. Tianjin detective Tan Bodun and his team head there to solve the case. After peeling back the layers of the mystery, he uncovers a shocking secret about Fuyuan County and a struggle between justice and evil begins.
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