Lurk (2009)

Original title

潜伏

Directed by

Jiang Wei

Cast

Sun Hong Lei, Yao Chen, Zu Feng, Feng En He, Wu Gang, Shen Ao Jun, Fan Yu Lin, Wang Xiao Yi

Genre

espionage television series

Country

People's Republic of China

Length

1 season, 30 episodes

Rating

8.4 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1945, a Nationalist intelligence officer defects to the Communist underground. He becomes a spy inside his own bureau, working undercover among colleagues who suspect him.

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What happens

Lurk (Chinese: 潜伏) is a 2008 Chinese television series based on Long Yi's spy novel of the same name. A Republican-era espionage drama directed by Jiang Wei and Fu Wei, starring Sun Honglei, Yao Chen, Zu Feng, Feng Enhe, Shen Aojun, Wu Gang, and others. It mainly tells the story of Yu Zecheng, an officer in the Intelligence Department of the Nationalist Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, who defects to the Communist underground and becomes a spy embedded within the bureau in early 1945. It premiered on Southern Television on December 20, 2008. At the end of 2008, Lurk was broadcast on local channels in Tianjin, Shandong, Chengdu, and other regions. On April 1, 2009, Lurk was broadcast nationwide on satellite channels including Heilongjiang Satellite TV, Dragon TV (Eastern Satellite TV), Beijing Satellite TV, and Chongqing Satellite TV. On its premiere day, Beijing Satellite TV achieved a viewership rating of 8.01%. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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