


About half an hour ago, the production team announced the release date and dropped a new trailer.

Clip description:

*In chaotic times, every embrace demands the courage to weather storms. When personal fate collides with the tides of an era, the lone bravery and steadfastness of ordinary people gleam like unyielding sparks – lighting up the isolated island and driving away the surging winds. This is a tale of passionate youth, of lovers and compatriots running toward one another, and an era that proclaims: "An island is never truly alone, and conviction never dies.”*

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* Episodes: 32 episodes (according to MDL)
* Streaming and broadcasting platforms: iQIYI 🥝 and CCTV-1 🐑 
* Official filming time period: March 12, 2025 to June 20, 2025
* Filming location: Jiangmen and Foshan, Guangdong Province 

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* Director: [Yang Zhenyu](https://mydramalist.com/people/83163-yang-zhen-yu) (Douluo Continent, Battle through the Heaven, Start Here)
* Screenwriter: [Huang Hui](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%BB%84%E6%99%96/12633160) (Legend of Xiang Xi, Qia Tong Xue Shao Nian)
* Producers: iQiyi, China Television Production Center, Hunan Heguang Media

The Chinese drama title 风与潮 can be translated as Wind and Tide.

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**Cast:**

Leading actors:
* Allen Ren Jialun 

Leading actors:
* Lan Yingying
* Li Chun
* Tan Kai

Supporting actor:
* Ma Qiyue
* Wang Fang
* Zhao Runnan
* Liang Dawei
* Song Wenzuo
* Tan Quan
* Li Jiaxin
* Wang Yimeng

Guest actors:
* Hao Ge
* Hu Ming
* Zhu Tie
* Augusta Xu-Holland
* Wang Jinxin
* Han Li
* ChoBu HuaJe

“Friendship” guest actors:
* Guo Jinglin
* Gao Jie
* Yao Anlian

Supporting actors:
* Liu Sihan
* Nie Ziyi
* Jiang Han
* Jin Mengyi
* Zhou Luoxin
* Qiu Yunhe


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🔗 [Previous announcement, posters, wrap up special, BTS special, etc.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/search/?q=%22Silent+Tides+%E9%A3%8E%E4%B8%8E%E6%BD%AE%22&type=posts&sort=new&cId=9b3e1d30-69f5-4e3a-813c-62bc771eaf84&iId=078d1fde-d739-45ef-bc4b-f03387bd2891) 

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[Summary from Chinese Wikipedia (link not working at the time of posting)](https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A2%A8%E8%88%87%E6%BD%AE):

The series is a tribute to the 80th anniversary of the victory of the [Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War) and the World Anti-Fascist War, and is a key TV series promotion project of the TV Drama Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China on the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

The drama is directed by Yang Zhenyu and written by Huang Hui, a famous screenwriter who has won the highest award for Chinese TV drama arts achievement - the Feitian Award (Flying Apsaras Award) for Outstanding Screenwriter, and has created classic historical TV dramas such as **Qia Tong Xue Shao Nian** and **Legend of Xiang Xi**.

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[Synopsis translated from Baidu](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%A3%8E%E4%B8%8E%E6%BD%AE/65481061): 

After Hong Kong fell in December 1941, Macau became a crucial port for transshipment and exchange of strategic materials among various countries, as well as an international intelligence hub – thrust squarely into the global spotlight. The Portuguese administration in Macau claimed to be “neutral,” but in reality allowed the Japanese agent Ze Rongzuo and his intelligence apparatus to act with unchecked arrogance.

He Xian (played by Ren Jialun), a small-time banking-house owner, relocated his entire family to Macau, only to be unexpectedly drawn into a world of underworld dealings and political turmoil he had never anticipated. During this time, He Xian grew acquainted with the patriotic youth Qiao Yinwan (played by Lan Yingying). With the encouragement and support of his wife Guo Qiwen (played by Li Chun), he joined hands with the CCP operative stationed in Macau, Ke Lin (played by Tan Kai), the patriotic Chinese merchant Ma Manqi (played by Ma Qiyue), and other men and women of integrity.

United by deep patriotism and a powerful sense of responsibility, they rallied their compatriots and mobilized the strengths of major Chinese-Macanese organizations such as the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Kiang Wu Hospital, and [Tung Sin Tong](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BE%B3%E9%96%80%E5%90%8C%E5%96%84%E5%A0%82). Together, they fought back with all their might, engaging enemy forces in a series of covert financial and trade battles marked by strategy and subterfuge.

>!In those perilous times, they came to realize that only the Chinese Communist Party could save China and bring renewed hope to the Chinese nation. The patriotic Chinese community in Macau and the Communist Party, of one mind and purpose, confronted the Japanese invaders across multiple fronts – financial warfare, intelligence warfare, and material supply warfare – achieving one significant victory after another.!<

>!The anti-Japanese resistance movement in Macau not only helped the people of Macau endure the city’s most difficult “Wind and Tide” years, but also raised substantial wartime materials and funds, making an important contribution to supporting China’s overall [War of Resistance](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War) and the global struggle against fascism.!<

[MDL](https://mydramalist.com/777175-once-upon-a-time-in-macao) | [Douban](https://m.douban.com/movie/subject/36189222/) 

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**Translated Synopses**

Note: All translated synopses from the "trailers & posters" that I post in our sub are based on original sources (such as Douban, Baidu, Chinese Wikipedia, etc.) and were first published here. If you see the same translated synopses elsewhere, please be aware that they originated from our sub. Thanks for reading!



Silent Tides 风与潮 from 🥝 iQIYI. 📣🗓️ Airing on December 8, 2025. Starring Allen Ren Jialun, Lan Yingying, Li Chun and Tan Kai. New trailer.