Imperfect Victim Explained
Imperfect Victim is a 2023 Chinese legal drama television series directed by Yang Yang and starring Zhou Xun, Liu Yijun, Lin Yun, Elane Zhong, Chen Shu, Liu Ying and Dong Jie.[1] It aired on Dragon Television, Beijing TV and IQIYI on July 17, 2023.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The series ranked 9th on the list of "Top 10 Influential TV Series in China in 2023" selected by "Blue Book of Chinese Film & TV Series", which jointly launched by the Peking University's Research Center for Film and TV Drama, Institute for International Film & TV Development of Zhejiang University, 1905 Film Network, and China International Broadcast Publishing House.[6] According to the National Radio and Television Administration, the series was the third highest-rated prime time drama in Chinese satellite television channel in 2023.[7]
Plot
The workplace sexual assault case, triggered by an anonymous third-party report, initially saw the victim, Zhao Xun (played by Lin Yun), denying any harm done. It was only five days later that she reported the assault and accused the perpetrator of rape. The defense attorney for the accused, Lin Kan (played by Zhou Xun), initiated a preliminary investigation, systematically dismantling the victim's accusations with irrefutable legal facts, swiftly bringing the truth to light and concluding the criminal investigation, prompting the police to drop the case.
To salvage his tarnished reputation and mitigate the adverse effects on his business, the accused Cheng Gong (played by Liu Yijun) took legal action against Zhao Xun for defamation, with Lin Kan representing him. As the case unfolded and details emerged, Zhao Xun became the target of online harassment, her personal and professional life crumbled, and she suffered from societal shaming and unemployment. Caught between legal facts and the subjective "objective truths" within her conscience, Lin Kan faced unprecedented ethical dilemmas in her career, unsure of how to proceed.
Cast
- Zhou Xun as Lin Kan
- Liu Yijun as Cheng Gong
- Lin Yun as Zhao Xun
- Zhong Chuxi as Yan Ming
- Chen Shu as Xin Lu
- Ying Er as Mi Mang
- Dong Jie as Li Yi
- Zhou Chengao as Kang Hui
- Hei Ze as Yin Sheng
- Guan Yunpeng as Chen Mo
- Liu Kejun as Xiao Mi
- Song Jialun as Ren Zheng
- Chi Peng as Li Ping
- Bao Dazhi as Zhao Min
- Su Yujie as Bao Li
- Chen Zhen as Fang Ping
- Chai Haowei as Zhu Lei
- Li Shengjiaas Jiang Xiao Ning
- Jie Bing as Chen Mo's father
- Sun Guitian as Grandma Feng
- Song Jiaxin as Wen Guang
- Li Yunao as Zhe Ran
- Cheng Junwen as He Lu
- Zhang Xiang as Liu Liang
- Tao Huimin as Lin Kan's mother
- Yang Zihua as Lin Kan's father
- Hao Ping as Mr. Long
- Zhu Tie as Yan Qiang
- Mu Liyan as Chen Mo's mother
- Cao Minghua as Team leader Wang
- Zhao Yansong as Director Luan
- Wang Jianxin as Director Liang
- Li Hongquan as director
- Lin Jing as Susan
- Wang Tonghui as Wu Ming Ren
- Yan Xiaopin as Mrs. Wu
- Zhou Haodong as presiding judge
- Yang Hanbin as Deputy Director
- Qu Jingjing as forensic scientist
- Yang Liye as Meng Mo
- Kong Songjin as female store manager
- Wang Dong as Mr. Lu
- Li Bin as Mr. Su
- Li Quanyou as President Xiao
- Xue Haoran as Secretary Wang
- Qian Yi as Chairman Huang
- Cheng Shiyu as President Zhao
- Lin Ziye as Xuan Xuan
- Chang Di as Team leader Qin
- Zheng Zhongyu as Kent
- Lin Xue as Bao Li's father
- Xiang Hong as Bao Li's mother
- Wang Pinyi as Team leader Pan
- Li Donghan as Du Wei Dong
- Zhao Shuyu as female secretary
- Sun Boyang as Sun Daquan
- Li Yan as criminal police
- Zhang Yidan as Lin Jing
- Zhu Haiyu as Cao Yu
- Ding Hong as driver
- Zhang Yihang as correction officer
- He Kai as captain
- Jin Chenbang as cellmate
- Li Hongzhuang as cellmate
- Chang Chaoyu as cellmate
- Guo Zi as Old Yu
- Yu Zecheng as Mi Man's son
- Yi Ran as Su Hao
- Liu Peng as host
- Qin Jinxiu as host
- Zhou Wenhao as bodyguard
- Xu Kejia as bodyguard
- Ma Yueye as secretary of chairman
- Han Shumei as financial manager
- Yu Zhiqiang as Dacheng supervisor
- Cao Nan as detachment criminal policeman
- Wei Zheng as Manager Sun
- Ge Jiwei as Team leader Cao
- Jing Lu as Head Nurse Wang
- Du Heqian as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary
- Gong Ying as leader
- Lin Jiaqi as Mary
- Song Meijie as Juan Zi
- Xue Rong as director
- Yin Yuanxhang as old man
- Sun Qingliang as Old Xu
- Zheng Xiaowan as Director of All-China Women's Federation
- Xu Sheng as CEO
- Wu Qian as Chief Public Relation Officer
- Cai Gang as President Fang
- Cong Linyi as interviewer
- Tian Miao as mediator
- Jiang Rong as CFO
Ratings
- Highest ratings are marked in
red, lowest ratings are marked in blue| Daily CVB Prime-time TV Series Ratings[8] |
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| Air date | Episode | Beijing TV | Dragon TV |
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| Ratings (%) | Ratings (%) |
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| July 17, 2023 | 01–02 | 0.315 | 0.692 |
| July 18, 2023 | 03–04 | 0.349 | 0.755 |
| July 19, 2023 | 05–06 | 0.351 | 0.776 |
| July 20, 2023 | 07–08 | 0.352 | 0.829 |
| July 21, 2023 | 09 | 0.382 | 0.849 |
| July 22, 2023 | 10 | 0.367 | 0.827 |
| July 23, 2023 | 11–12 | 0.413 | 0.915 |
| July 24, 2023 | 13–14 | 0.399 | 0.836 |
| July 25, 2023 | 15–16 | 0.399 | 0.839 |
| July 26, 2023 | 17–18 | 0.404 | 0.863 |
| July 27, 2023 | 19–20 | 0.382 | 0.852 |
| July 28, 2023 | 21 | 0.376 | 0.861 |
| July 29, 2023 | 21–23 | 0.419 | 0.937 |
| July 30, 2023 | 24–25 | 0.448 | 0.967 |
| July 31, 2023 | 26–27 | 0.424 | 0.924 |
| August 1, 2023 | 28–29 | 0.434 | 0.976 |
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| Weekly CVB Prime-time TV Series Ratings[9] |
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| Week | Episode | Beijing TV | Dragon TV |
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| Ratings (%) | Audience share (%) | Rank | Ratings (%) | Audience share (%) | Rank |
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| July 15-21, 2023 | 01–09 | 0.346 | 1.461 | 9 | 0.773 | 3.256 | 7 |
| July 22-28, 2023 | 10–21 | 0.395 | 1.652 | 7 | 0.858 | 3.586 | 4 |
| July 29-August 4, 2023 | 22–29 | 0.431 | 1.700 | 6 | 0.951 | 3.748 | 3 |
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Awards and nominations
| Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| Best Television Series | Imperfect Victim | | [10] |
| Best Actress | | |
| Best Actor | | |
| Best Supporting Actress | | |
| Outstanding Actor Award | | |
| Best Director | Yang Yang | | [11] |
| Best Screenplay | Gao Xuan, Ren Baoru | |
| 2023 National Drama Festival | Best TV Series of the Year | Imperfect Victim | | [12] |
| 2023 Chinese TV Series Selection | Imperfect Victim | | [13] |
| 7th Television Series of China Quality Ceremony | Outstanding TV Series of the Year | Imperfect Victim | | [14] |
| Outstanding Quality Actress of the Year | | |
| Quality Stylish Actor of the Year | | |
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| Quality Leap Actor | | |
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| Quality Innovation Director of the Year | Yang Yang | |
| Original Screenplay of the Year | Gao Xuan, Ren Baoru | |
| Outstanding Producer | Liu Tao | |
| 2024 Television Directors Conference | Best TV Series of the Year | Imperfect Victim | | [15] |
| Best Director of the Year | Yang Yang | |
| Best Actress of the Year | | |
| Best Supporting Actress of the Year | | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Gao Xuan, Ren Baoru | | [16] |
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| Imperfect Victim | | [17] |
| Best Director | Yang Yang | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 陸劇《不完美受害人》聚焦職場權勢性侵案！周迅化身女律師站在「惡的一方」面臨內心倫理掙扎. Lu drama "Imperfect Victim" focuses on sexual assault cases in the workplace! Zhou Xun turned into a female lawyer and stood on the "evil side" facing inner ethical struggle. zh. 2023-07-25. Cosmopolitan Taiwan. https://web.archive.org/web/20230728111516/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/tw/entertainment/movies/g44623148/imperfect-victim/. 2023-07-28. live.
- Web site: 《不完美受害人》追剧日历. "Imperfect Victim" drama calendar. July 17, 2023. Zulai TV. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20230728112855/https://zuiai.tv/news/buwanmeishouhairen_zhuijurili.html. 2023-07-28. live.
- Web site: 《不完美受害人》：于平易近人的深刻中，洞察时代窥探人心. "Imperfect Victim": In the depth of approachability, insight into the times and spy on people's hearts. 2023-07-25. The Paper CN. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20230728113941/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23970492. 2023-07-28. live.
- Web site: 周迅、刘奕君《不完美受害人》案件走向扑朔迷离. The case of Zhou Xun and Liu Yijun's "Imperfect Victim" is becoming more and more confusing. 2023-07-17. CQNEWS. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20230728114408/https://news.cqnews.net/1/detail/1130436875428184064/web/content_1130436875428184064.html. 2023-07-28. live.
- Web site: 不完美受害人一共多少集 播出平台+播出时间介绍. How many episodes of The Imperfect Victim are broadcast on the platform + broadcast time introduction. 2023-07-21. MNW. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20230728114734/http://www.mnw.cn/tv/guonei/2810920.html. 2023-07-28. live.
- Web site: "2023年度中国十大影响力电影/电视剧"重磅发布. "China's Top Ten Influential Movies/TV Series in 2023" is released. 2024-01-29. China Social Science Network. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20240303025100/https://www.cssn.cn/ysx/ysx_ysqs/202401/t20240129_5731048.shtml. 2024-03-03. live.
- Web site: 中国视听大数据 2023年收视年报. China Audiovisual Big Data 2023 Audience Annual Report. 2024-01-08. TVOAO. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20240629154431/https://www.tvoao.com/a/217010.aspx. 2024-06-29. live.
- Web site: 不完美受害人 - 中国视听大数据. Imperfect Victims - China Audiovisual Big Data. China Audiovisual Big Data. National Radio and Television Administration. June 29, 2024. zh-CN.
- Weekly CVB ratings:
- Web site: 张译张颂文提名澳门国际电视节最佳男主 刘亦菲提名最佳女主. Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen were nominated for Best Actor at the Macau International Television Festival and Liu Yifei was nominated for Best Actress.. zh. Sohu. 2023-12-02. 2023-12-01. 2023-12-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20231209092817/https://www.sohu.com/a/740702971_114941. live.
- Web site: 丁子峻首部执导电影 获第15届澳门国际电影节新锐导演奖 . Ding Zijun's first film as a director won the Emerging Director Award at the 15th Macau International Film Festival. zh. Sohu. 2024-05-31. 2023-12-30. 2024-05-31. https://archive.today/20240531014421/https://www.sohu.com/a/748309541_121686296. live.
- Web site: 《2023国剧盛典》第一波阵容官宣，哪些明星加盟？ . The first wave of lineups for the "2023 National Drama Festival" has been officially announced. Which stars will join? . zh. Sohu. 2024-07-03. 2023-12-08. 2024-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20240703094455/https://www.sohu.com/a/742562988_120227158. live.
- Web site: 广电总局发布20部"2023中国剧集精选"，你看过几部 . The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television released 20 "2023 Chinese TV Series Selections". How many have you watched? . zh. Sohu. 2024-07-03. 2024-01-25. 2024-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20240703094824/https://www.sohu.com/a/754211694_121627717. live.
- Web site: 《2024电视剧品质盛典》获奖名单. List of winners of the 2024 TV Drama Quality Festival. zh. WenXueCity. 2024-05-31. 2024-03-28. 2024-05-31. https://archive.today/20240531095034/https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/tv/1577040.html. live.
- Web site: 《2024电视剧导演之夜》举行，发布年度导演、演员榜单. "2024 TV Drama Directors' Night" was held, and the annual director and actor list was released. zh. Beijing News. QQ News. 31 May 2024. 29 May 2024. 31 May 2024. https://archive.today/20240531095853/https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20240529A0635N00. live.
- Web site: 获奖名单揭晓！胡歌+周迅. The winners are announced! Hu Ge + Zhou Xun. zh. Sina Finance. 28 June 2024. 28 June 2024. 28 June 2024. https://archive.today/20240628142744/https://finance.sina.cn/2024-06-28/detail-incahznz4356896.d.html. live.
- Web site: Nominations for The 29th Shanghai TV Festival. 30 May 2024. STVF. 28 June 2024. https://archive.today/20240628143829/https://www.stvf.com/english/content?aid=101240530193629565948291250917381113. live.
