Scripted series · Dragon Television
Born with Luck
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Wang Xiao
Zhang Yi'ang
24 eps
Tian Xiwei
Li Qian
24 eps
Wang Chuanjun
Zhou Rong
24 eps
Lei Jiayin
Yan Liang
1 eps
Ren Chengwei
Gao Dong
1 eps
Wang Zhengquan
Zheng Yongbing
3 eps
Zhao Da
Ye Jian
8 eps
Guan Yajun
Lu Zheng
4 eps
Luan Yuanhui
Lang Bowen
6 eps
Tan Xihe
Fang Yong
2 eps
Ma Xudong
Hu Jianren
10 eps
Ju Bozhan
Li Penggai
7 eps
Hu Yaozhi
Qi Zhenxing
2 eps
Song Yuhe
Fang Chao
13 eps
Zhu Yunfeng
Liu Zhi
8 eps
Zhang Ruihan
Wang Ruijun
7 eps
Wang Weiyuan
Li Feng
2 eps
Jiang Guannan
Song Xing
9 eps
Dong Baoshi
Lu Yibo
5 eps
Raquel Xu Dongdong
Zhou Qi
5 eps
Yao Lu
Zhu Yifei
5 eps
Wang Peilu
Liu Bei
4 eps
Rong Fei
Lin Kai
2 eps
Zong Juntao
Yang Wei
3 eps
Zhou Dayong
Mei Dong
2 eps
Liu Bateer
Lang Botu
1 eps
Liu Chuang
Du Cong
5 eps
Song Xi
Huo Zheng
3 eps
Zhang Zhehua
Xiao Mao
3 eps
Xiaojuan Huang
1 eps
Bai Zhidi
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Born with Luck actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Born with Luck reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Zhang Yi'ang, a veteran detective, is sent to Sanjiangkou to investigate a case but soon finds himself caught in a web of crime and corruption. While pursuing a powerful criminal network, he unexpectedly receives help from a group of bungling thieves, who inadvertently aid his mission to unravel the truth behind a murder.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Liu HaiboDirector
Where to watch
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