Best Enemy (2023)

Other name: 宿命之敌, Intimate Enemy

Description:

In 1939, childhood friends Chen Kehai and Fang Li join a special training class established by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, hoping to resist Japan. Their paths diverge when brutal experiences reveal the Bureau's true nature to Chen. After a failed assassination attempt, they are separated. Two years later, Chen Kehai, now secretly a Communist party member, returns to Shanghai with a new mission: to infiltrate the notorious No. 76 secret service. He is reunited with Fang Li, who has become the formidable head of No. 76.

Faced with Chen's dramatically changed personality, Fang Li repeatedly tests him, even assigning a female agent to his side. Alone in enemy territory, Chen bravely fights to transmit valuable intelligence to his party, constantly pushing Fang's suspicions to the brink. This intense espionage drama culminates after the war, as the pair of former classmates enter a final showdown, their contrasting beliefs clashing in a gripping battle of wits and ideals.

Producer: iQiyi

Director: So Man Chung [苏万聪]

Country: Chinese

Status: Completed

Released: 2023

Genre:Action; Bromance; Childhood; Drama; Military; War