# Taiwan Crime Stories (台湾犯罪故事)
**Taiwan Crime Stories** (台灣犯罪故事) is a 2023 [Taiwanese Mandarin](https://www.edgepedia.org/taiwanese-mandarin)-language crime anthology television series of 12 episodes, released on Disney+ in four three-part units, each inspired by a real Taiwanese criminal case: an insurance-fraud train derailment, a family annihilation, the murder of an elementary school teacher, and a child homicide on a military base.[1](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf) • [2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/tttw14113482/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | 4 January 2023 on Disney+; one three-part unit released each Wednesday through 25 January 2023[2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/tttw14113482/) • [3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Taiwan_Crime_Stories) |
| Structure | 12 episodes in four units: 出軌 (Derailment), 生死困局 (Deadlock), 惡有引力 (Gravity of Sin), 黑潮之下 (Dark Currents)[2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/tttw14113482/) |
| Directors | 蕭力修 (Derailment), 洪子烜 (Deadlock), 范揚仲 (Gravity of Sin), 徐瑞良 (Dark Currents)[4](https://www.filmassist.ntpc.gov.tw/film/1082) |
| Producers | Taiwan's CalFilms, Hong Kong-based Sixty Percent Productions, and Imagine Entertainment, the US company of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer[5](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205832/derailment-first-true-life-thriller-anthology-taiwan-crime-stories-disney-unconvincing-theres-still?module=inline&pgtype=others) |
| Setting | The 2000s; the first unit, Derailment, is set in 2004[4](https://www.filmassist.ntpc.gov.tw/film/1082) • [5](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205832/derailment-first-true-life-thriller-anthology-taiwan-crime-stories-disney-unconvincing-theres-still?module=inline&pgtype=others) |
| Awards | 2 wins from 11 nominations at the 58th Golden Bell Awards (2023), including Best Actor in a Drama for 薛仕凌[6](https://moviecool.asia/film/vVAB3fJoS) |
| Availability | Disney+ in selected regions and Star+ in Latin America; also streaming on Hulu in the United States[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Taiwan_Crime_Stories) • [7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/taiwan-crime-stories) |
## Spoilers
### Format and premise
The series is an anthology: each unit is a stand-alone three-episode story with its own director, screenwriter, and cast, released as a weekly block. The four units are inspired by four real Taiwanese cases, a family annihilation case, a rape-murder case, an insurance fraud case, and a wrongful conviction case, and the drama aims to show the motives and emotions behind each crime rather than only its investigation.[4](https://www.filmassist.ntpc.gov.tw/film/1082) • [8](https://looryfilm.tw/taiwan-crime-stories/) The stories are set against the backdrop of the 2000s.[4](https://www.filmassist.ntpc.gov.tw/film/1082)
**Derailment (出軌).** Directed by 蕭力修 and written by 劉存菡, this unit follows insurance claims investigator Qiu Wen-qing (邱文青, played by Allison Lin 林予晞) and prosecutor Yu Chen-lang (于晨朗, played by Rhydian Vaughan 鳳小岳). A train derailment leaves Wen-qing's husband in a coma and kills one passenger, Lin Dong-shan, who had taken out a large insurance policy shortly before his death; the prosecutor suspects the track was tampered with and the investigation draws in the dead man's sons, the beneficiaries of the policy.[8](https://looryfilm.tw/taiwan-crime-stories/) • [9](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-hk/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf) The South China Morning Post review notes the unit is set in 2004.[5](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205832/derailment-first-true-life-thriller-anthology-taiwan-crime-stories-disney-unconvincing-theres-still?module=inline&pgtype=others)
**Deadlock (生死困局).** Directed by 洪子烜 and written by 施虹如, this unit centers on a reporter, [Li Bo](https://www.edgepedia.org/li-bo)-sheng (李博勝, played by Po-chieh Wang 王柏傑), who interviews the hitman Shen Chang-rong (沈昌戎, played by Frederick Lee 李銘忠), a gangland killer who denies involvement in the Yeh family massacre. The two characters' prison conversations, including one scene with eleven pages of dialogue, piece together the truth of the annihilation case.[6](https://moviecool.asia/film/vVAB3fJoS) • [1](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf)
**Gravity of Sin (惡有引力).** Directed by 范揚仲 and written by 林宇辰, this unit adapts the murder of an elementary school teacher. Veteran detective Wang Ying-min (王英民, played by Chen Yi-wen 陳以文) is called to a homicide scene and identifies the victim as his daughter Xuan (王昱萱, played by [Vivian Sung](https://www.edgepedia.org/vivian-sung) 宋芸樺), who was assaulted in her school's parking lot and died of asphyxiation; her troubled student is the only witness, and the story examines what turned a teenager into a killer.[1](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf) • [10](https://www.seouldrama.org/eng/theme/seoul/ajax/pop_exhibit.php?entryDataYear=&entryDataYear=2023&nationalCode=&num=3391&numIdx=323&page=21&searchGenreType=A&sfl=&stx=&tt=3391) • [6](https://moviecool.asia/film/vVAB3fJoS)
**Dark Currents (黑潮之下).** Directed by 徐瑞良 and written by 梁舒婷, this unit treats the wrongful-conviction case and military bullying. Fugitive Jie (張明傑, played by Fu Meng-bo 傅孟柏) hides out with his younger brother Cheng (張明成, played by 蔡凡熙), an army soldier, discovers a dead boy in the camp, and races to clear his brother's name when suspicion falls on him.[1](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf) • [6](https://moviecool.asia/film/vVAB3fJoS)
## Production
The series was produced by Taiwan's CalFilms (犢影制作電影有限公司), Hong Kong-based Sixty Percent Productions, and [Imagine Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/imagine-entertainment), the company of Academy Award winners [Ron Howard](https://www.edgepedia.org/ron-howard) and [Brian Grazer](https://www.edgepedia.org/brian-grazer); Howard, Cora Yim, and Benjamin Lin are credited as creators on Disney+.[5](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205832/derailment-first-true-life-thriller-anthology-taiwan-crime-stories-disney-unconvincing-theres-still?module=inline&pgtype=others) • [1](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf) Filming took place in January 2022, largely in New Taipei City: listed locations include the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, the old Luzhou police precinct, the Pinglin Integrity Training Center, Shuinandong fishing harbor, the former Bihua Middle School campus, and several police facilities.[4](https://www.filmassist.ntpc.gov.tw/film/1082) The opening theme song is "Cloudy Day" (天黑黑) by Crowd Lu (盧廣仲).[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Taiwan_Crime_Stories)
## Reception
Critical response was mixed. The [South China Morning Post](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-china-morning-post) found the opening unit unconvincing, arguing that the characters grew more reckless with each episode, while judging the second unit a definite improvement.[5](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205832/derailment-first-true-life-thriller-anthology-taiwan-crime-stories-disney-unconvincing-theres-still?module=inline&pgtype=others) • [11](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3208032/taiwan-crime-stories-second-instalment-definite-improvement-jury-still-out-disney-thriller-series) Ready Steady Cut called the stories uneven, ranging from intricate to unencumbered, but noted that the anthology structure let each writing and directing team examine a case without padding it into a full season.[12](https://readysteadycut.com/2023/02/02/taiwan-crime-stories-season-1-review/) On IMDb the series holds a 6.5/10 rating from 271 votes, with 2 wins and 6 nominations listed.[13](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14113482/)
At the 58th Golden Bell Awards in 2023 the series received 11 nominations and 2 wins: Best Actor in a Television Series for 薛仕凌 and Best Dramatic Score for its composers.[6](https://moviecool.asia/film/vVAB3fJoS)
## References
1. [Taiwan Crime Stories, Disney+ (official page)](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf)
2. [台灣犯罪故事 Taiwan Crime Stories, 開眼電影網](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/tttw14113482/)
3. [Taiwan Crime Stories, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Taiwan_Crime_Stories)
4. [台灣犯罪故事, 新北協拍中心](https://www.filmassist.ntpc.gov.tw/film/1082)
5. [Derailment, first in the true-to-life thriller anthology Taiwan Crime Stories on Disney+, South China Morning Post (7 January 2023)](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3205832/derailment-first-true-life-thriller-anthology-taiwan-crime-stories-disney-unconvincing-theres-still?module=inline&pgtype=others)
6. [《台灣犯罪故事》, 華文影視數據平台 MovieCool](https://moviecool.asia/film/vVAB3fJoS)
7. [Taiwan Crime Stories, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/taiwan-crime-stories)
8. [〖台劇〗《台灣犯罪故事》各集劇情與演員介紹，如履的電影筆記](https://looryfilm.tw/taiwan-crime-stories/)
9. [觀看台灣犯罪故事, Disney+ (zh-HK)](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-hk/browse/entity-0e22e97a-9295-490a-b798-0c612c4815cf)
10. [Taiwan Crime Stories: Gravity of Sin, Seoul International Drama Awards entry](https://www.seouldrama.org/eng/theme/seoul/ajax/pop_exhibit.php?entryDataYear=&entryDataYear=2023&nationalCode=&num=3391&numIdx=323&page=21&searchGenreType=A&sfl=&stx=&tt=3391)
11. [Taiwan Crime Stories' second instalment is a definite improvement, South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3208032/taiwan-crime-stories-second-instalment-definite-improvement-jury-still-out-disney-thriller-series)
12. [Taiwan Crime Stories Season 1 Review, Ready Steady Cut (2 February 2023)](https://readysteadycut.com/2023/02/02/taiwan-crime-stories-season-1-review/)
13. [Taiwan Crime Stories (2023), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14113482/)
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