''Detention'' () is a Taiwanese

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show, created for

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in collaboration with

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, based on the video game of the same name developed by

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. It premiered on 5 December 2020.

Plot

Based on the game set in the period of

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known as the

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in Taiwan, ''Detention'' entwines the suffocating political situations under martial law and heart-stopping legends of local deities, portraying a labyrinth of unspeakable oppressions. The series opens at Greenwood High School in 1999. Transfer student Yunxiang Liu (Lingwei Lee) enters a forbidden area of the school grounds, where she encounters the ghost of Ray-Xin Fang (Ning Han). Fang reveals the hidden history of the school over the past 30 years, including how a group of students and teachers were persecuted as they fought for freedom in the era of censorship.

Cast

*Ling-Wei Lee (李玲葦) as Yunxiang Liu *Ning Han (韓寧) as Ray-Xin Fang *Guang-Zhi Huan (黃冠志) as Wen-Liang Cheng * Yao Chun-yao *David Chao

Episodes

Release

The eight-episode series premiered on 5 December 2020, 21:00

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, with one new episode being released each Saturday. The series is an addition to Netflix's Chinese Language Originals collection.

References

External links

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