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Slow and steady set-up
Holy stacked cast. I can't believe how many A-listers showed up here.
I'm also really interested in the time period this takes place in — the vast majority of Taiwanese dramas now are modern, and the only historical one I've seen was about the Japanese occupation (1925). So seeing a show set in the 1980s is definitely something new for me, much less something that shows life in the pleasure district.
Plot-wise, there's the mystery of the victim's identity as well as the subplots all the characters go through, but I still found the pacing a little too sluggish. And as always when it comes to ensemble casts, there are some characters I end up caring about more than others.
I know there are two more parts to this show though, so I'm trying to think of this one as set-up — let's see how everything ends up panning out.
I'm also really interested in the time period this takes place in — the vast majority of Taiwanese dramas now are modern, and the only historical one I've seen was about the Japanese occupation (1925). So seeing a show set in the 1980s is definitely something new for me, much less something that shows life in the pleasure district.
Plot-wise, there's the mystery of the victim's identity as well as the subplots all the characters go through, but I still found the pacing a little too sluggish. And as always when it comes to ensemble casts, there are some characters I end up caring about more than others.
I know there are two more parts to this show though, so I'm trying to think of this one as set-up — let's see how everything ends up panning out.
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