Scripted series · Tencent Video
How to Train Your Killer
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How How to Train Your Killer actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
How to Train Your Killer reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
On her wedding night, Crown Princess Gu Qingyao unexpectedly swaps souls with the assassin Shi Yi during an attempt on her husband’s life. Forced into a deadly game of deception and strategy, she fights to protect the crown prince while uncovering a far-reaching conspiracy that connects the imperial court with the martial world.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Qiu Dao LuDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
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