''Rookie Agent Rouge'' () is 2016 Chinese television series directed by Xu Zizhou, starring

Zhao Liying Zhao Liying (, born 16 October 1987), also known as Zanilia Zhao, is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in television series ''Legend of Lu Zhen'' (2013), ''Boss & Me'' (2014), ''The Journey of Flower'' (2015), ''The M ...

and Lu Yi. The series aired on

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and

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from 27 September to 21 October 2016. The drama is currently licensed by

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Synopsis

Lan Yanzhi (Rouge) is a privileged banker's daughter in Shanghai and a student activist who mistakenly comes into possession of a letter from the Japanese Army in 1937. Song Mian, an undercover agent for the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

, mistakes her for a spy. To prove her innocence, Yan Zhi agrees to infiltrate the home of her best friend, Feng Man'na, and help Song Mian track down a mysterious traitor. Finding the spy turns Yan Zhi and Man'na from friends to bitter enemies, as both get involved in the confused fighting in late 1930s Shanghai featuring Japanese, Nationalists and Communists. Unusually, the chief Japanese agent, Aoki, is very sympathetically portrayed.

Cast

Main

as Lan Yanzhi * Lu Yi as Zhou Yuhao * Tao Xinran as Feng Man'na * Mickey Yuan as Song Mian

Supporting

* Shu Yaoxuan as Lan Changming, Yan Zhi's father * Ma Cancan as Lin Tianmu * Zhao Shuting * Wang Zichen as Zhang Guosheng * Gao Xin as Ying Zi / Zhou Hanguang

Soundtrack

Ratings

* Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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