The Disguiser (TV) - 2015

I am not familiar with Chinese histories. We did learnt a bit about Chinese Communist party in  junior high school, but I guess it's normal if by now I have forgotten most of it. I did know that in the middle of 1960's the Communists were strong in China, because it connected to our own history.

This series was set in 1939 in Shanghai. The main characters were from the rich Ming family: 1) Ming Jing, the eldest sister, who took care of the household 2) Ming Lou, her brother, who worked for the new government 3) Ming Tai, adopted since he was a child. Ming Tai's mother had been killed in a car accident when she was trying to save Ming Jing dan Ming Lou. 4) Ming Cheng, sort of Ming Lou's helper, but considered as a member of Ming family.

L-R : Jin Dong, Wang Kai, Hu Ge.

I didn't know the difference between Kuo Min Tang and Chinese Communist, but here they worked as two different groups against the Japanese, who were in the new government.

Ming Tai was kidnapped on his way to Hong Kong to study and trained as a spy. Need not to say that our hero became the best student, a super spy. He would be given (almost) impossible assignments but successfully did them well.

This series was very good, but I can't say I enjoyed watching it. Very often the plots got so intense and I was horrified at times, especially at those torture scenes. It's like that Irish film 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'... the torture scenes were too much for me. I know they were just acting and effects... still they were too much for me.

However, this is a very good production. Three actors who played the Mings: Hu Ge, Jin Dong and Wang Kai, I think they are very good actors. They are very popular, too. I think they are three of the best actors in Chinese film industry nowadays.