After more than a year, iQiyi's signature "Mist Theater" has finally opened again.
Last year, the Mist Theater dedicated two major blockbuster dramas of "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth", which returned again this year, and the premiere brought the heavyweight work "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog".
It's heavyweight because it has a strong team and lineup. Wang Xiaoshuai, the representative figure of the sixth generation of directors, touched the "net" for the first time and cooperated with Hua Zhen, who was nominated for the best director of Magnolia, bringing the family suspense story of this Jiangnan water town. The unsolved mystery of 19 years ago has plunged a family into the abyss, and 19 years later, the murder has reappeared, and someone is involved, can the family complete the redemption?
The joining of Duan Yihong, Hao Lei, Zu Feng, Wu Yue, Xing Minshan, Bai Yufan and Mira makes this drama "old drama bone" and strength extremely high content and full of weight.
Two days after its broadcast, "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" has aroused heated discussion on major platforms. In addition to the fascinating plot, there are many people who are moved by the actor's performance.
This is the 8th time that Duan Yihong has played a policeman, but every time his character shaping can have a sense of freshness, which is the charm of "drama throwing face".
Yuan Fei in "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" is a very grounded policeman. Duan Yihong designed a lot of detailed small actions for this character, which made him plump up in this story.
In the continuous rain, he would try to collect water from a water cup while thinking about the case, and would sit in the office and play with the bubbles that everyone liked to decompress.
In addition to his work, his state is also quite real when dealing with his family.
Hearing that his wife was crying and anxious because his mother was not seeing him on the other end of the phone, he immediately tensed up, comforted his wife and rushed to the hospital as quickly as possible; in the face of the impatient brother-in-law, he was a little helpless, but still chose to lower his voice to reason; found the lost mother-in-law, he helped the old man home like a child, patient and reliable.
How can such a flesh-and-blood policeman figure break through the fog shrouded outside the octagonal pavilion and let everything see the sun again? There is a drama like Duan Yihong, which is also the reason why we are willing to chase it down.
Xuan Zhu, played by Hao Lei, has always been somewhat depressed. Soon after she appeared on the scene, she was beaten because she was a junior, and after being injured, she calmly returned home, and in the face of her husband's caring inquiries, she revealed herself with no expression, and even her husband immediately left the house with the key.
Then I received a call from my sister-in-law, and I learned that my mother was critically ill, and she still had no expression on her face. A faint "I know" just hang up the phone. I haven't been home for 15 years, why? What kind of pain did this family give her back then, so that she would grow into what she is today?
Xuan Liang, played by Zu Feng, is undoubtedly also influenced by his original family. The desire to overprotect his daughter is precisely because subconsciously he has always blamed himself for failing to protect his sister Xuanzhen.
After being laid off from the Yellow Distillery, he has been assisting in running a bun shop, and in order to play this role, Zu Feng also specially learned to steam buns. You can also see the details of the bun shop in the play, and with Zu Feng's performance, the image of an early stall owner is about to come out.
After the new murder, because he had beaten Zhu Shenghui before and was witnessed, Xuan Liang became an important suspect. The subsequent investigation dispelled his suspicions, but the Zhu family did not give up. The bun shop was smashed, the person who followed the daughter was not found, and the relationship between his wife and sister seemed to be in trouble. All this that has happened to him now seems to be inextricably linked to that year, is there any secret he is hiding?
Important branches also include the Kun opera troupe couple played by Wu Yue and Xing Minshan. Originally thought they were ordinary witnesses who were accidentally involved, in the face of police questioning, Lao Ding, played by Xing Minshan, also said that he was not familiar with Xuan Liang. However, after witnessing the fight at that time, he looked into the eyes of Xuan Liang's back, which was obviously full of deep meaning.
From the couple's conversation at home, it can also be heard that for the case 19 years ago, they seem to know the inside story, otherwise how can they sigh "creating people"?
By the end of the fourth episode, the vanished girl Muge has also begun to worry. Originally, she and Nian Mei were plastic friends, out of jealousy she spread rumors, and when the police officer Liu Xinli asked about this matter, she also simply admitted it directly. But unexpectedly, when teacher Tian was mentioned, she began to splinter, obviously hiding something. Later, after walking into Teacher Tian's office, she completely disappeared. What secrets is she hiding?
The characters all appeared, in the content broadcast last night, as the plot progressed, we seemed to be one step closer to the truth in the fog, and the group portrait of the family also expanded from the Xuan family to the old Ding couple, the Zhu family and the Muge mother and daughter. Each family seems to be inextricably linked, and each character is so clear. They are like the alleys and canals of Jiangnan Water Town, seemingly calm surfaces, intertwined into a network, undercurrents surging.
It is precisely because "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" puts the entry point on a family, in addition to solving the puzzle, it pays more attention to the changes in family and human nature, leading us to re-examine family relations. Love and hate, people and love, there is no doubt that "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" has once again broadened the boundaries of domestic suspense drama creation, and the legend of "mist production, must be a fine product" continues!
Every Wednesday to Friday at eight o'clock, "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" will be broadcast exclusively on iQiyi, so don't miss such a good drama of quality.