Crime Crackdown

Crime Crackdown
Traditional Chinese掃黑風暴
Simplified Chinese扫黑风暴
Hanyu PinyinSǎohēi Fēngbào
GenreCrime drama
Written byDu Liang
Directed byWu Bai
StarringSun Honglei
Lay Zhang
Liu Yijun
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producersHuang Xing
Li Yue
Production companiesCentral Political and Legal Affairs Commission
Penguin Film and Television
China Chang'an Publishing Media
Zhongguang Film and Television
Wu Yuan Culture Company
Original release
NetworkDragon Television
Beijing TV
ReleaseAugust 9 (2021-08-09) –
September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
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Crime Crackdown (Chinese: 扫黑风暴) is a 2021 Chinese crime drama series written by Du Liang and directed by Wu Bai, and starring Sun Honglei, Lay Zhang and Liu Yijun.[1][2] Based on several real-life cases that shook China in the 2010s, the series picks up a national anti-gang supervising group and local police officers as they take on gangs and the corrupt officials that offer these illegal groups a "protective umbrella". The series premiered on Dragon Television and Beijing TV on 9 August 2021.[3]

  1. ^ Mingna (23 August 2021). "Lay Zhang's "Crime Crackdown" Entire Plot Leaked". jaynestars.com. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ Tong Na (佟娜) (27 October 2020). 孙红雷张艺兴《好先生》后再合作《扫黑风暴》. The Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ Xu Meilin (徐美琳) (6 August 2021). 孙红雷、张艺兴主演电视剧《扫黑风暴》定档8月9日. The Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 August 2021.