The Guilty | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wei Da Xun: Lu Ming

Sun Qian: Xia Xue

Gao Zhi Ting: Lin Hua

Chinese Title

有罪之身

A Guilty Existence

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 14

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Cast

Wei Da Xun: Lu Ming	Sun Qian: Xia Xue
Gao Zhi Ting: Lin Hua
Wang Zhen Er: Qin Wen	Wang Long Zheng: Hou Jun
Wu Gang: Ma De Rong	Li Chuan Ying: San shu (3rd Uncle)
Qu Gao Wei: Li Dong	Wang Wei Shen: A Chang

Remarks

[Drama Info]

Airdropped. This drama announced its premiere just a few hours before release.

Directed by Wang Tao Tao, who previously delivered a similar suspense-heavy tone in The Crack of Dawn (with Ma Si Chun)

There's a bit of a billing blight. Wei Da Xun was always first-billed, followed by Sun Qian. Then, once the drama aired, Wang Zhen Er suddenly appeared above everyone else. *Scratches head* Wang Zhen Er was originally under "friendly appearance" whatever that means. And so Wang Zhen Er addressed the situation directly, saying: "Everything has been done so that this drama, created through everyone’s hard work, can truly be seen. That’s how what you’re seeing now came to be. As for who the real first-billed leads are, everyone knows it perfectly well. Congratulations to our 1st-billed ML Wei Da Xun, 1st-billed FL Sun Qian, and all our partners who worked tirelessly to bring this about. #The Guilty premieres today – wishing it a great launch!"

This billing reshuffling likely has nothing to do with Wang Zhen Er and everything to do with the morality of the story. The three leads, Wei Da Xun, Sun Qian, and Gao Zhi Ting, are playing characters who are, by premise, guilty. And since, as you all know, the Chinese are a nation of impeccably good and conscientious citizens, the drama cannot have these three front and centre as leads. So Wang Zhen Er, who plays the upright cop, is pushed forward to take the lead. 

The drama also went through title changes from 無罪之身 (The Sinless Person) to 有罪之身 (The Guilty), with both the Chinese and English titles moving away from ambiguity and toward explicitly framing the characters as guilty

Wrapped on December 09, 2024 after one month of filming (November 10).

[Ending]

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Genre List:

Crime and Suspense

Crime	Passion	Suspense
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