Under the Skin

Recently I had the pleasure (or misfortune?) of watching more mainland Chinese dramas than I normally would, since they’re more readily available and I don’t need English subtitles. So it was that I picked up Under the Skin (猎罪图鉴), which came highly recommended from some quarters, and since I like crime dramas, I thought I’d give it a shot.

Shen Yi (Tan Jianci) is a genius artist whose drawing of a man, Lei Yifei, happened to contribute to his death. To make amends and find out the truth, he joins the police force as a sketch artist, but has to deal with the animosity of police captain Du Cheng (Jin Shijia), who was Lei’s protégé…

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