Thin Ice (2023 TV series)

Thin Ice is a Chinese suspense TV series directed by Jin Chen. Its background is set in the Republic of China from 1944 to 1949, featuring an espionage story in Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Communist Revolution. It stars Peng Guanying and Chen Yuqi. The series aired on Hunan TV from April 5 to May 3, 2023.[1]

This article is about the 2023 Chinese television series. For other uses, see Thin Ice.
Thin Ice
薄冰
Genreespionage, suspense
Based onThin Ice
by , Chen Dong Qiang Qiang
Written byHai Fei
Directed byJin Chen
Starring
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes40
Production
Production locationChina
Running time45 minutes
Release
Original networkHunan TV
Original releaseApril 5 (2023-04-05) –
May 3, 2023 (2023-05-03)
Related
Sparrow

Plot

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan sent spies to Shanghai, searching for information about uranium mines in China. Chen Qian, an agent from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, secretly replaced one of the dead Japanese spy and lurked into the Japanese spy agency. Chen Qian united with patriots from all political standpoints, including Nationalists, Communists, and Nanjing puppet regime. Eventually, He regained the uranium mine sample and cracked the conspiracy of Japanese. After the end of the World War II, Nationalists and Communists went into the civil war. Chen Qian, who had secretly joined the Communists before, received a new mission to protect the infrastructures in Chongqing from the scorched-earth destruction of the Nationalists...

Cast
An agent serving for the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (NBIS), with codename Lv Bu. He secretly joined the Communist side during the uranium-mine mission.
An agent serving for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with birth name Wang Kaiya, codename cuckoo. She is the lover of Chen Qian.
  • Fu Dalong as Ida Yujiro.
The header of Japanese spy agency at Shanghai.
  • Chen Xiaoyun as Wu Ruonan.
An agent serving for the NBIS. She fell in unrequited love with Chen Qian. Her mother is an undercovered CCP agent lurking in the Japanese spy agency.
An agent serving for the NBIS. He is eager to be promoted, even putting his colleagues into danger. He fell in unrequited love with Wu Ruonan.
A doctor serving for Nanjing puppet regime. She is actually an agent serving for the CCP, with codename Flying Sky.

Production

In September 2020, the original novel was published and the preparation for TV-series adaptation started at the same time.[2] The series is written by Hai Fei and directed by Jin Chen, which is the duo's second collaboration since the 2016 TV series Sparrow.[1]

The principal photography started on March 23, 2022, at Hengdian World Studios.[3] The filming wrapped up on June 24, 2022.[4] In December 2022, it received the release license from National Radio and Television Administration.[5]

References
  1. ""海飞谍战世界"系列新作！彭冠英陈钰琪《薄冰》定档4月5日". Shanghai Observer. 2023-03-31.
  2. "陈东枪枪谍战小说《薄冰》面世, 海飞监制, 同名影视剧项目启动". qq (in Chinese). Qianjiang Evening News. 2020-09-23.
  3. "电视剧《薄冰》开机, 彭冠英陈钰琪等主演" (in Chinese). The Beijing News. 2022-03-23. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  4. "电视剧《薄冰》杀青 彭冠英陈钰琪谍海危局履冰潜行". qianlong (in Chinese). dzwww. 2022-06-25. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  5. "发行许可证". National Radio and Television Administration (in Chinese).
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