The Disguiser
Seen it?2015 | 1 seasons | Mystery, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Slow Horses or The Americans, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings.
- What might put you off
- It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Set in the Japanese occupation era, the rich yet naive young master Ming Tai is trained to become an agent, and is later sent to become an underground spy for the Communists. Together with his brother and double agent Ming Lou, they try and bring down Wang Wei's Kuomintang Secret Service Headquarters.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsSolid
20 wins and 6 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 10K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Hu GeMing Tai
- Jin DongMing Lou
- Wang KaiMing Cheng
- Wang OuWang Manchun
- Liu YijunWang Tianfeng
- Song YiYu Manli
- Liu MintaoMing Jing
- Wang LejunCheng Jinyun
- Yue YangLiang Zhongchun
- Guo XiaofengUncle Li