I. Introduction
Detective Chinatown is a 2020 Chinese web television series. It is executively produced by Chen Sicheng, and stars an ensemble cast including Roy Chiu, Janine Chang, and Chen Zheyuan. The series is separated into three cases, with the first two telling the story of Lin Mo, while the third follows the adventures of Noda Koji. The web series is designed as part of the Detective Chinatown franchise universe.
Shooting began in December 2018 and lasted 114 days, with total length of more than 2000 hours shooting. Filming locations included Bangkok, Kaohsiung, and Tokyo. The largest scene film utilized more than 800 actors at once, with the set area exceeding 11,000 square meters. Shooting also mobilized military helicopters and a Boeing 747 for specific scenes.
II. Synopsis
III. Mandala's Dance (Ep 1-4)
A group of four women who were best friends in high school report strange individual occurrences relating to the god Brahma. One of the women jumps off a building to her death, leading to Lin Mo (Roy Chiu), the apprentice of Tang Ren, to partner up with new Thai policewoman, Sa Sha (Zhang Yishang), to investigate the occurrences and the apparent suicide.
IIII. Name of the Rose (Ep 5-8)
A prequel to the first case, which explores Lin Mo's backstory as a crime scene disguiser and his relationship with the mysterious Ivy (Janine Chang), who he meets while trying to clear his name from a murder he did not commit.
IIIII. Spirits' Invitational Race (Ep 9-12)
Noda Koji (Chen Zheyuan), and his four friends: Lu Qingqing, Shan Ben You Tai, Liu Feng and Cheng Tianshun, enter the Ghost's Invitational video game tournament, where a mysterious being locks the entire arena down and challenges the players into a death game. The being forces the players to solve his (the Ghost's) own death by a certain time limit, or else he would kill one of the players.
III. Trailer
IV. Episodes
V. OSTs
VI. Reception
It achieved a high Douban rating 8.0 shortly after its premiere & currently holds a 7.2 on Douban out of more than 194,000 user reviews. It has earned 8.9 on iQIYI, 6.5 on IMDB, & 7.8 on Mydramalist.
