Scripted series · CCTV-8
Echoes of a Thousand Moons
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Echoes of a Thousand Moons actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Echoes of a Thousand Moons reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
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.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
During a brutal war, cook Meng Wanfu is mistaken for a fugitive general and steps in to protect the general’s family, while the real General Zhang Yunkui, feeling powerless, joins the guerrilla fighters; together, their courage and loyalty help carry their nation through its darkest hour.
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.
Writing
- Bian ZhihongWriter
Direction
- Zhang YongxinDirector
Where to watch
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