The Guardians [TV Series]

Shanghai, 1940. Ding Yi is a bit-part actor who, for a living, impersonates Needham, a blind code expert. Gu Yangshan is an agent for the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics who accidentally kills Needham. He hires Ding Yi to keep impersonating him while posing as his “assistant.” With help from Xian Biyun, owner of the Chaosheng Theater Troupe, they infiltrate a Japanese intelligence agency and sabotage the Japanese code system and its updates. Though their backgrounds and identities could not be more different, after enduring one ordeal after another, the two become brothers who would lay down their lives for each other. But their conflicting convictions as they move forward will soon put them both to a major test… The Guardians is produced by Youku, co-produced by China Mobile Migu and Qimeng Pictures, directed by Yang Wenjun, Shi Luan, and Yuan Yuchen, and written by Zhang Ji. It stars Zhang Yishan, Han Dongjun, Zhang Tian'ai, and Liu Huan. It premiered on Youku, Migu Video, and Beijing Radio and Television on September 23, 2025. Author: Suyi Ningxiang