Scripted series · iQiyi
Archives: The Nanyang Mystery
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Zhang Xincheng
Zhang Hailou / Zhang Haiyan
33 eps
Ding Yuxi
Zhang Haixia
33 eps
Jiang Peiyao
Zhang Haiqi
33 eps
Fu Dalong
Mo Yungao
33 eps
Liu Lingzi
Feng Huang
33 eps
Zhang Chenxiao
Zhang Qianjunwanma
33 eps
Li Huan
He Jianxi
33 eps
Jiang Zhuojun
Bai Zhu / Bai Yu
33 eps
Zhuang Keren
Bride
1 eps
Lin Yadong
Groom
1 eps
Xu Zhengxi
Zhang Ruipu
3 eps
Cheng Cheng
Zhang Siye
1 eps
Fang Ruoxi
Little Girl
1 eps
Dong Bo
Chen Libiao
1 eps
Li Jun
Da Bing
1 eps
Gao Sheng
Chen Xifeng
2 eps
Qu Gaowei
Lu Junxiang
1 eps
Yu Weini
Zhang Haijiao
2 eps
Diego Dati
Hudson
1 eps
Dmitriy Shcherbynsky
Steven
1 eps
Daniel Stone
Warner
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Archives: The Nanyang Mystery actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Archives: The Nanyang Mystery reads strongest on Bingeability, Cliffhanger Intensity and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the early days of the Republic of China, a mysterious murder at sea draws Zhang Haiyan and his partner into an investigation that quickly spirals into a dangerous conspiracy. What begins as a search for truth aboard the massive ship Nan'an becomes a fight for survival in a world of intrigue and betrayal.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kennedy XuExecutive Producer
- Ye FangcangProducer
Direction
- Zhou JingtaoDirector
Where to watch
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