55 minSeason 1 • Episode 7
LatestRevolves around the theme of business intrigues, portraying the complexities of human nature and negotiation strategies in the business world filled with sex, power, and struggle.
Production
1950s Taiwan recreated through sweat, rust, and oppressive humidity.
Acting
Fu Meng-po's smile never reaches his eyes—terrifying.
Writing
Negotiation scenes play like knife fights in slow motion.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the Koo family, whose sugar empire survived Japanese colonialism, KMT confiscation, and multiple regime changes—survival as its own moral compromise.
Hayato Ichihara's casting as Takeda sparked debate in Japan about portraying colonial administrators with interiority rather than caricature.
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