Scripted series · Tencent Video
Secret by My Name
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Secret by My Name actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Secret by My Name 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
After taking over his family’s company, Tan Jianfei becomes locked in a corporate power struggle with his former lover Li Shujing, reigniting old feelings—unaware that she has returned to uncover the truth behind her father’s death, turning their romance into a dangerous game of love and revenge.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Li HengjianDirector
Where to watch
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