[Epoch Times March 03, 2022](Reported by The Epoch Times reporter Ma Weifen) Netflix and Hancao Film and Television, following “Who is the Victim”, once again jointly launched the Chinese-language series “The Imitation Criminal”, and announced the cast today (3) , assembles the starring actors such as Golden Bell Actor Wu Kangren, Tuo Zonghua, Yao Chunyao, Queen Ke Jiayan, Best Newcomer Fan Shaoxun of the Golden Horse Awards, and Ruby Lin will give a special performance.
“The Imitation Criminal” is a remake of the best-selling novel of the same name by Miyuki Miyabe, the queen of reasoning in Japan. Produced by Zeng Hanxian and Tang Shengrong, and co-directed by directors Zhang Rongji and Zhang Hengru, it takes serial murder as the theme and brings out social issues from the perspective of criminal investigation. .
Producer Zeng Hanxian said that the remake of “The Imitation Convict” will not be an easy task. The story will be set in Taiwan in the late 1990s. In that era of disintegration of social values, mixed truth and falsehood, and the rush of communication media, I hope that through the work, it will convey The simple and pure value of this play is “justice is irreplaceable”.
Wu Kangren plays the prosecutor “Guo Xiaoqi” in the play. The whole play starts from the prosecutor he plays as the main perspective, and forms a serial murder case team with the criminal police “Lin Shangyong” played by Tuo Zonghua; Ke Jiayan plays the role of criminal psychological assistance “Hu Yunhui”, a counseling psychologist who analyzed the murderer.
This time, Yao Chunyao will play the late night show host “Chen Heping”, Jiang Yirong will play the reporter “Lu Yizhen” who pursues journalistic justice; Fan Shaoxun will also challenge to perform a nightclub DJ “Shen Jiawen”, a popular girl in the album.
Lin Xinru, who made a special appearance in “The Imitation Criminal”, played the role of “Yao Yaci”, the leading anchor of the news station with guaranteed ratings. This is another Netflix Chinese work that she immediately put into the show after “The First Time in the Light”.
Jinma newcomer Fan Shaoxun will perform a nightclub DJ “Shen Jiawen”, who is beautiful on the surface, but has many irreparable wounds in his heart; Xia Tenghong will play Ke Jiayan’s younger brother “Hu Jianhe”, who is also Shen Jiawen’s closest middle school classmate. The two will be involved in the storm of this serial murder case together because of successive accidents.
The Impersonator is expected to release exclusively on Netflix this year.
Responsible editor: Liu Yuhan