Recently, iQiyi's "Mist Theater", which has launched hot dramas such as "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth", has returned with 4 new dramas, triggering heated discussions among countless drama fans. Among them, the family suspense drama "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog", which returns to the "opening", has been announced to be scheduled for iQiyi's solo broadcast on October 13, and 2 episodes are updated every Wednesday to Friday at 20:00.
The drama is directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and Hua Zhen, and starring Duan Yihong, Hao Lei, Zu Feng, Wu Yue, Xing Minshan and so on. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time that Wang Xiaoshuai, a leading figure of The Sixth Generation of Chinese Directors, has directed a web drama.
Poster of the web drama "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog"
After nineteen years, the murders recurred
The family is plunged into the abyss of love and hate
"Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" tells the suspense case that takes place in the water town of Jiangnan, involving a complex emotional story about the family. An unsolved "Octagonal Pavilion Unsolved Case" for nineteen years has shrouded the Xuan family under a haze, and the suspicion and alienation between relatives cannot be calmed like the water town. When the murder case reappears, the dusty memories and pain once again plunge the Xuan family into the abyss of love and hate...
In the trailer, "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" shows the suspicion and alienation between relatives to the fullest, "At that time, we were such an enviable and happy family." "The accidental death of my sister undoubtedly brought a heavy blow to the family, a huge fog shrouded the family, everyone is a corner of the family, if the family is broken, can they still find the beauty of the past and get back together?"
"Misty Theater" is a suspense type theater launched by iQIYI in 2020, and it is also one of the most well-known and audience-anticipated genre theaters among major video websites.
The four new dramas launched by the theater this time are "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" starring Duan Yihong and Hao Leizufeng, "Who is the Murderer" starring Zhao Liying, Xiao Yang and Dong Zijian, "Gold Rush" starring Liao Fan and Chen Feiyu, and "Fatal Wish" starring Feng Shaofeng, Wen Qi and Fan Chengcheng.
The returning "Mist Theater" chose to "take the lead" with "OctagonAl Pavilion Mystery Fog", not only for obvious reasons, but also expected to re-give birth to popular topic dramas at the beginning.
iQiyi Mist Theater poster
Filmed in Shaoxing, a water town in Jiangnan
The lineup of luxury strength faction creative team to work hard
The powerful creative team with a luxurious lineup is undoubtedly the winning "trump card" of the play.
As a leading figure of the sixth generation of Chinese directors, Wang Xiaoshuai, born in 1966, has created works such as "Winter and Spring Days", "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle", "Qinghong", "Left and Right", "Rizhao Chongqing", "I 11", "The Earth is Long".
As a film director, Wang Xiaoshuai is not very prolific, but his works have a distinct personal style, he is good at delicate character portrayal and deep thinking about social reality and human nature, and many works have become famous overseas over the years.
Among them, the movie "Long Day" was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019, and won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor (Wang Jingchun) and Best Actress (Yong Mei), and also won the Best Director Nomination at the 32nd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Film in the same year, and won the Best Screenplay Award. The film "Intruder" has been nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014, and nominated for best director and best original screenplay at the 51st Golden Horse Awards. The film "Left and Right" was nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Bear Award at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008 and eventually won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay.
This time," "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" is The first time Wang Xiaoshuai directed a web drama, the drama takes "family relationship" and "character relationship" as the core point of view, how Wang Xiaoshuai will integrate the film context into the suspense story, it is worth looking forward to.
Wang Xiaoshuai said that the drama is a web drama created at the level of film production, which records the performances of actors with handheld lenses as the feature to create the overall texture of the story.
And "the strength of the actors and actresses online", but also let the drama get another layer of strong protection in quality.
Duan Yihong, the "Emperor of Double Materials" of the two major international film festivals in Shanghai and Tokyo, played a policeman for the 8th time in the play. From "Chosin Lake" to "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog", he used two works to confirm the acting skills of "one person and a thousand faces". In her previous films "Midsummer Future" and "Spring Tide", Hao Lei, the "Queen of Literary and Art Films", perfectly demonstrated the realism and possibility of "motherhood" and "being a woman". The drama is also the second cooperation between Duan Yihong and Hao Lei after 18 years after the drama "Rhinoceros in Love".
Zu Feng, who has had wonderful cooperation with Hao Lei in the movie "Midsummer Future", Wu Yue, who played the deepest hidden "protective umbrella" in the hit drama "Sweeping Black Storm", and Xing Minshan and Wen Zhengrong, actors who have starred in many film and television dramas, also have performance strength that cannot be underestimated.
Finally, I will draw the focus in advance for friends who plan to travel to Shaoxing, Zhejiang. "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" was filmed in the Baziqiao neighborhood of Shaoxing, so the audience in Zhejiang, especially Shaoxing, will have a special sense of intimacy when watching this suspenseful story that takes place in Jiangnan Water Town.
It is reported that the filming location in the protagonist's home in the play is located in the old house at the bottom of the fourth floor of the Shaoxing Bazi Bridge - Huangjiataimen. Xiaodong, the owner of the old house, originally settled in Nanjing, and this year's Spring Festival he received a call from director Wang Xiaoshuai, a TV suspense drama that publicized Shaoxing and praised the public security criminal police to solve the case, and wanted to borrow his family's idle ancestral home as the main scene shooting location.
Therefore, Xiaodong's family rushed back to Shaoxing from Nanjing and modified the scene. The residents around the Bazi Bridge also actively cooperated with the crew to complete various scene shooting, and the drama was officially launched on June 30 this year. Everyone punches in the filming place while chasing the drama and enjoys the charming scenery of Jiangnan Water Town, which is also a good choice!