Name: The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty
Genre: Costume & Period, Crime & Mystery
Released: 2020-04-01
Rating: 9.5
Cast: Darren Chen, Fu Meng Bo, Liu Yao Yuan, Alyssa Chia, Her Nan

Darren Chen is a Taiwanese actor. Born on January 15, 1995, he made his acting debut in the 2016 Chinese television drama “Proud of Love.” He has since appeared in “Proud of Love 2” (2017) and then shot to fame with his role in the drama “Meteor Garden 2018” (2018). He also sang several songs for the “Meteor Gardens” soundtrack with his co-stars.

Darren Chen

Fu Meng Bo is a Taiwanese actor who was born on May 13, 1987, in Taipei. He graduated from the TNUA School of Theater Arts, and has appeared in a range of hit drama titles, including “My Mowgli Boy” (2019) and the 2020 series “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty.” He has also appeared in movie releases such as “The Cat in the Closet” (2016).

Fu Meng Bo

Liu Yao Yuan is an up-and-coming Chinese actor and singer who was born on January 3, 1996, in Hangzhou, China. He made his small-screen acting debut in the period drama series “The New Dragon Gate Inn” in 2019, and followed up with a role in “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” in 2020.

Liu Yao Yuan

Alyssa Chia is a Taiwanese actress and television personality who was born on October 7, 1974, in Taipei. She studied at the Beijing Film Academy and began working as a model in commercials, and hostess a number of children's TV programs. She made her TV drama series acting debut in 1990, appearing in “Jia Jia Fu,” and has since gone on to appear in a range of movies and drama titles – including the recent 2020 title “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty.”

Alyssa Chia

Her Nan is an up-and-coming Chinese actress who was born on November 2, 1993, in Beijing, China. She made her debut in the 2018 drama series “Only Kiss Without Love,” and has since gone on to appear in the small-screen hits “Fall in Love” (2019) and “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” (2020).

Her Nan

Wang Mao Lei is a Chinese actor and TV personality who was born on November 27, 1976, in Hubei, China. He studied at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, and made his acting debut in the 2005 drama “Undercover Swordsman.” He made his movie bow in the 2014 release “Perfect Beyond,” and more recently has appeared in the drama series releases “The King of Blaze” (2018) and “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” (2020).

Wang Mao Lei

Yoo Seung Jun is a South Korean-American musician and actor who was born on December 15, 1976. He made his musical debut as a first-generation K-pop start in 1997, but his South Korean entertainment industry career came to an abrupt halt in 2002 after he changed his nationality in a bid to escape serving in the South Korean military. He has since gone on to appear in a range of Chinese movie and drama series titles, ranging from the movie “Little Big Soldier” in 2010 to the series “The Patriot Yu Fei” (2012) and the more recent “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” (2020).

Yoo Seung Jun

Jackie Li is a Chinese actress who was born in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China, on August 24, 1995. She graduated from the School of Journalism at Chongqing University, and started out as a video blogger, later going on to make her acting debut in the series “The Lively Family” (2017), and going on to appear in more recent titles such as “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” (2020).

Jackie Li

Zhang Bai Jia is a Chinese actress. She was born in Guangxi, China, on June 16, 1993 and made her acting debut in 2009. Since then, she has appeared in various television dramas, including “The Love Knot: His Excellencies First Love” (2018), “The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” (2020), and “Love Is All” (2020).

Zhang Bai Jia

Mao Yi is a Chinese actor who was born on January 27, 1986, in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. He studied acting at the Central Academy of Drama, graduating in 2006. A year before graduation, he won the “Tomorrow’s Star” contest. He has appeared in a number of hit dramas, including the recent releases “Last One Standing” (2019) and the melodrama “Nothing But Thirty” (2020).

Mao Yi

Li Li Qun is a Taiwanese actor who was born on May 2, 1952, in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. He studied at the Taipei College of Maritime Technology. He made his acting debut in the 1980s movie “Tears of the Phoenix,” following up with the 1981 drama series “Qing Must Pity Me.” He has since gone on to appear in scores of hit movie and drama series titles, including the films “Moon Child” (2010) and “Hello Mr. Billionaire” (2018). He also appeared in the 2019 movie “The Love of Immortal.”

Li Li Qun

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In 15th-century China, a quick-witted, senior-ranking government official named Tang Fan (Darren Chen) takes a break from his routine activities in order to investigate a murder, teaming up with martial arts specialist guardsman Sui Zhou (Fu Meng Bo) in a bid to solve the case.

When the peace-loving landlord of the house Tang Fan is renting is found dead, the duo investigates. It is an apparent suicide, but the investigative pair quickly realizes that something looks amiss.

They investigate and eventually succeed in finding a suspect they believe may have killed the landlord. But they soon learn that this murderer did not act alone – and is just a smaller player in a much grander scheme.

As they dig deeper into the crime, the duo soon realizes that something very sinister is afoot – including a plot to launch a bloody coup.

Can they stop the criminal mastermind before time runs out?

This drama was produced by Jackie Chan and was based on a 2015 novel written by Meng Xi Shi.

“The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty” is a 2020 Chinese period drama directed by Guo Shuang and Yang Huan.

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