A Life for a Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the 1980s, the top student of the police academy, Du Xiang Dong, was assigned against his wishes to a detention center. Two suspects escaped from the jail; one died, and the other got away. Du Xiang Dong blamed himself and impulsively resigned. For the next twenty years, he found himself in a battle of wits with the escaped suspect, Xu Wen Geng. Both followed their own ways of life, engaging in a strategic duel amidst the tides of the times.

Series details

• Title: A Life for a Life
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2025-04-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-04-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 43 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 77583
• IMDb ID: tt32792309
• TVDB ID: 455385

Cast and credited roles

• Qin Hao — Du Xiang Dong
• Han Geng — Xu Wen Guo
• Zhong Chu Xi — Liu Fen Fang

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-04-18; final listed air date 2025-04-23; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from A Life for a Life on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.