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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
《War of Faith》is a 2024 Chinese Drama first broadcast on CCTV8 with a simultaneous streaming release on iQIYI. It premiered on both carriers on March 21st, with the final episodes airing April 7th on iQIYI and April 8th on CCTV8.  
《War of Faith》, native title 《追风者》, is a 2024 Chinese Drama first broadcast on CCTV8 with a simultaneous streaming release on iQIYI. It premiered on both carriers on March 21st, with the final episodes airing April 7th on iQIYI and April 8th on CCTV8.  


In 1930s Shanghai, Wei Ruolai, an employee at the Kuomintang controlled Central Bank of China, rises through the ranks due to his exceptional abilities and the support and guidance of senior advisor Shen Tunan. However, as he confronts the political compromises and corruption undermining the Central Bank's efforts, his path diverges from Shen Tunan's. Meanwhile, Tunan's beloved sister Shen Jinzhen is leading a triple life as fashionable socialite, chief engineer at the government munitions factory, and skilled assassin for the communist underground.  
In 1930s Shanghai, Wei Ruolai, an employee at the Kuomintang controlled Central Bank of China, rises through the ranks due to his exceptional abilities and the support and guidance of senior advisor Shen Tunan. However, as he confronts the political compromises and corruption undermining the Central Bank's efforts, his path diverges from Shen Tunan's. Meanwhile, Tunan's beloved sister Shen Jinzhen is leading a triple life as fashionable socialite, chief engineer at the government munitions factory, and skilled assassin for the communist underground.  
== Characters ==


=== Relationship Map ===
=== Relationship Map ===
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see full size map here: https://imgur.com/j54HDxM
see full size map here: https://imgur.com/j54HDxM
=== [[Full Character List]] ===


=== Main Characters ===
=== Main Characters ===
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[[Shen Tunan]]
[[Shen Tunan]]
=== Supporting Characters ===
[[Lin Qiaosong]]
[[Xu Nuo]]
[[Su Cishu]]
[[Aunt Zhou]]
[[Niu Chunmiao]]
[[Li Shengda]]
[[Lei Ming]]
[[Huang Congyun]]
[[Wen Biao]] (AKA Biaozi, missing from MDL cast list)
[[Yu Shiqing]]
[[Zhang Mingquan]]
[[Kang Shaojie]]
[[Deng Ze]] (director of the Political Affairs Department of the Central Bank)
[[Wen Youtian]] (AKA A'Wen)
[[Wei Ruochuan]] (AKA Lonely Star, WRL's brother and communist underground member)
[[Yan Youmin]]
[[Qian Fengshi]] (not the ax gang boss, a police or military officer in the Jiangxi section of the show)
[[Song Meijuan]]
[[Uncle Liang]] (may be the axe gang boss, whose name we had thought might be something like Qian Shaoliang but we were told that was incorrect)
[[Jiang Jinglan]] (patriotic big-shot, part of the tariff vote)
[[Ming Da]]
[[Yu Zhiying]]
[[Jiang Huhao]] (head of the rickshaw crew WRL met in jail)
[[Kong Lingzheng]]
[[Song Shoutian]] (Song Meijuan's brother, and a double agent for LQS among the communists
[[Yuan Bao]]
[[San Jiangzi]] (or Qiangzi, unclear; a Central Bank trainee?)
[[Shen Yu'er]] (STN & SCS's little girl)
[[Agent Liu]] (putative "Head" of Kunpeng industries, i.e. Shen Tunan's man at the stock exchange)
[[Manager Wang]]
[[Assistant Manager Liu]] (delivers the training program for all the interns at Central Bank)
[[Assistant Manager Lin]]
[[William]] (or Wilhelm, German munitions expert brought in for gun trial)
[[Wang Shanbin]] (WRL's colleague at Central Bank who has the little round glasses)
[[Han Si]] (Hans, German businessman from Rhineland Metal)
[[Da Zhuang]] (one of the rickshaw drivers?)
[[Erduan]] (one of the rickshaw drivers?)
[[Xiao Jiling]] (Rich Central Bank applicant, or is he a rickshaw driver?)
[[Yi Zhi]] (aka Old Man Yi Zhi)
[[Uncle Wang]] (maybe another of the Qibao Street neighbors)
[[Tie Zhang]] (this means ironworker, possibly a Qibao Street person or rickshaw driver?)
[[Wei Ji'en]] (Father of Ruochuan and Ruolai)
[[Niu Baishan]] (Father of Niu Chunmiao)
[[Ma Junzhang]]
[[Yang Liuzhi]]
[[Liu Yi]]
[[Yu Furen]] (Yu Shiqing's wife)
[[Feng Ju]] (Chen Yiqi's character, check back with MDL)
[[Lu Hui]] (Yu Dian's character check against MDL)
[[Weng Changzhang]] (Factory Director)
[[Gao Feng]] (Central Bank officer who was arrested at the Christmas party)
[[Hai Laoqi]]
[[Xiao Qiao]]
[[Yan Dong]] (played by Li Yong)
[[Gang Zi]]
[[Da Lin]] (a Red Army soldier in Jiangxi Soviet)
[[Fang Ling]]
[[Da Li]] (played by 李立军 Li Lijun)
[[Er Hu]] (played by Lin Chong 林冲)
[[President Li]]
[[President Wang]]
[[Boss Zhao]]
[[Chang Sheng]]
[[Kang Taitai]] (Kang Shaojie's wife)
[[Wu Taitai]] (another mahjongg table lady)
[[Wang Dahu]] (Landlord Wang)
[[Mr Song]] (played by 吴名 Wu Ming)
[[Liu Si]]
[[Factory Director Zhu]]
[[Journalist Tian]]
[[Chen Zhe]]
[[Liu Xiaofeng]]
[[Yao Gengming]]
[[Cui Yunge]]
[[Jiang Jieshi]] (Chiang Kai-Shek y'all)
[[Song Meiling]] (Madame Chiang, y'all)
[[Brother Yu]]
[[Feng Junzhang]] (this is someone played by Yu Qing aka 俞庆)
[[Inspector Henry]] (French Concession police officer)


== Episode Guides ==
== Episode Guides ==
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==== Qibao Street ====
==== Qibao Street ====


====== Aunt Zhou's place ======
====== Aunt Zhou's laundry/boarding house ======


====== Wei Roulai's room ======
====== Wei Roulai's room ======
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==== Hong Fang Clothing Shop ====
==== Hong Fang Clothing Shop ====


==== Jiangxi ====
==== [Name goes here] Bookshop ====


==== [[Shen Family Mansion|Shen family mansion]] ====
==== [[Shen Family Mansion|Shen family mansion]] ====
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==== New Show Club ====
==== New Show Club ====
Jiangxi





Latest revision as of 01:27, 19 September 2024

painting of Shen Jinzhen, Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan gathered around a table, with a bank note in the background.
War of Faith official artwork

Summary

《War of Faith》, native title 《追风者》, is a 2024 Chinese Drama first broadcast on CCTV8 with a simultaneous streaming release on iQIYI. It premiered on both carriers on March 21st, with the final episodes airing April 7th on iQIYI and April 8th on CCTV8.

In 1930s Shanghai, Wei Ruolai, an employee at the Kuomintang controlled Central Bank of China, rises through the ranks due to his exceptional abilities and the support and guidance of senior advisor Shen Tunan. However, as he confronts the political compromises and corruption undermining the Central Bank's efforts, his path diverges from Shen Tunan's. Meanwhile, Tunan's beloved sister Shen Jinzhen is leading a triple life as fashionable socialite, chief engineer at the government munitions factory, and skilled assassin for the communist underground.

Characters

Relationship Map

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see full size map here: https://imgur.com/j54HDxM

Full Character List

Main Characters

Wei Ruolai

Shen Jinzhen

Shen Tunan

Episode Guides

Wardrobe

Wei Ruolai's Wardrobe

Shen Jinzhen's Wardrobe

Shen Tunan's Wardrobe

Locations

Shanghai North Railway Station

Qibao Street

Aunt Zhou's laundry/boarding house
Wei Roulai's room

The Chartered Stock and Produce Exchange, Shanghai

Shanghai Garrison Command

The Central Bank of China

Hong Fang Clothing Shop

[Name goes here] Bookshop

Shen family mansion

Astor House Hotel

New Show Club

Jiangxi



Time Line

War of Faith meta

Historical Connections

Production details

Music