Underplayed Gems

Sleek Rat, the Challenger (2013)

Sleek Rat, the Challenger poster
Original title
白玉堂之局外局
Directed by
Cheng Lu
Cast
Xu Hong Hao, Zhang Xuan, Chen Xiao Chun, Zhang Peng Peng, Si Qin Gao Wa, Bao Guo An, Ni Da Hong, Liu Xiao Jie
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
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How it feels

A knight-errant named Bai Yutang gets caught up in new adventures and mysteries in 11th-century China. The story uses characters from classic legends but follows a completely original plot.

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What happens

Sleek Rat, the Challenger (白玉堂之局外局) is a 2013 Chinese wuxia-mystery television series based on the 2006 novel The New Legend of Bai Yutang (新白玉堂传奇) by Tan Ge (谈歌), starring Xu Honghao as "Sleek Rat" Bai Yutang, a knight-errant in 11th-century China. Many characters come from either the 19th-century novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants or the Generals of the Yang Family legends, but the story is completely new. The series was first broadcast in Malaysia on TVBS-Asia on January 30, 2013, and in Taiwan on March 3, 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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