Autumn Cicada: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the year 1941 when Hong Kong was occupied by Japan, a Communist agent disguised as a military officer receives an important mission that is critical to the success of the revolution. Ye Chong is a nationalistic young man with Communistic ideals. He comes to Hong Kong to help Sato build the presence of the Japanese military police in the area. In truth, he has sworn allegiance to his country long ago and secretly operates under the codename autumn cicada to relay Japanese intelligence to his comrades. His position puts him at risk time and again for the sake of his countrymen.

Series details

• Title: Autumn Cicada
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, War, Espionage
• Premiere date: 2020-05-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-05-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Zhejiang TV
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48261
• TVDB ID: 331097

Cast and credited roles

• Allen Ren — Ye Chong
• Li Man — He Ying
• Liu Huan — Jiang Jun Tao
• He Du Juan — Jin Xiang
• Jian Ren Zi — Qing Quan Chun Zi
• Liu Xue Yi — Lin Xiao Zhuang

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-05-04; final listed air date 2020-05-30; episode order: 49.

Source and licence

Adapted from Autumn Cicada 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.