The Disguiser

SUMMARY:

The story follows the Ming family through the period when Japan invaded China during the late 1930s to 1940s. The movie was based on a book, Spy War on Shanghai Bond, written by Zhang Yong. It was produced by Hou Hongliang and directed by Li Xue, and stars Hu Ge, Jin Dong, Liu Mintao and Wang Kai as the members of the Ming family. It has 48 episodes, produced in 2015.

Ming King is the oldest member of the family, the big sister. Her parents died early and she has to take care of the whole family. She works very hard and never gets married. She was loved and respected by her 3 younger brothers. She is also an undercover for the Communist party.

Ming Tai , played by Hu Ge, is the youngest member of the Ming family. He was adopted into the Ming family when he was little. His mom died in an auto accident trying to save him and Ming Kin. Ming Kin is very grateful and adopted Ming Tai. She treated him like a precious jewel, wanting him to have a good education and to stay away from government and politics. Unfortunately, as fate have it, Ming Tai was kidnapped and forced to join the army under Wang Tianfeng. He is trained how to fight, how to shoot, and how to be a good spy. With his 2 comrades, he took on many missions including (bomb the train, murder Japanese officer) and eventually become a very good spy in the KMT. He has a nickname the Scorpion.

Ming Lou, the oldest brother, work for the Japanese government. Most people don’t know where his legion lies. The Chinese think he is a traitor. The Japanese don’t trust him enough, after all he is Chinese. He appears cold and strict. He is very smart and calculated. Code name, "Viper".

Ming Ah Cheng, was also adopted to the Ming family when he was young. His mother worked for the Ming family as a maid. Once she found out that Ah Cheng wasn’t her real son, she started to treat him badly. Ming Kin saw this one day and fire Ah Cheng’s mother and took in Ah Cheng. Ah Cheng work for Ming Lou as his secretary/butler. He is very loyal to Ming Lou.


PERSONAL REVIEW:

At first I watched this series because Hu Ge is in it, in time I grow to like it. It has suspense, mystery and betrayal . You are always on edge as to when the Japanese will find out that Ming Tai is a spy or about Ming Lou. I do not know why they have to do the mission where Ming Tai comrade all get kill. What is the point in killing everyone? Isn’t there another way to gain the Japanese trust? That’s just very odd to me. Ming Lou’s plan could work if they would just tell Ming Tai about it, instead of letting him do what he wants. He always seems to be the one that mess the plan up.

My favorite character in this series would have to be Ming Lou. He is very smart and manly. =D To be where he is , he must have to endure a lot. He cannot say anything about his identity to anyone and always get blame for being a Chinese traitor.

Is it just me or Hu Ge gun fight scene seems to be flashy and unreal? One scene he was shooting at Yamaha. He just walk closer to her and start shooting. All his shot hits her. But her shots never hit him once. She command an army. I would think she is not that suck at shooting. They keep making Hu Ge look cool and godly at gun fight scene. >.>

The ending is very sad. ‘Big sis’ got capture by the Japanese general and the 3 Ming brothers went to rescue her. Unfortunately she ended up dying right in front of them. The ending leave you hanging. I want to know further especially if they succeed in driving the Japanese away. Of course if you know history, the Japanese did go away, but still it seems like an incomplete story.

Overall this series is a must watch. It has same cast as Nirvana in Fire. Hu Ge is in it so must watch him. :D