Scripted series · Tencent Video
The Naive Leader
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Naive Leader actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Naive Leader reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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 being betrayed and buried alive by his own father, wealthy young man Fan Sha’er escapes and is forced into a life of exile. Through a chain of misfortune and guidance, he stumbles into a bandit gang, rises to become its leader, and forms a brotherhood that fights for justice.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- You XiaojinDirector
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