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Triad Princess (极道千金)

Triad Princess (极道千金) is a 2019 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series produced by Netflix, in which the daughter of a triad boss defies her father and takes a job as a celebrity bodyguard to get close to the superstar she admires. It was Netflix's second Mandarin-language original series made in Taiwan, following Nowhere Man (罪梦者), and premiered on December 6, 2019 with all six episodes released at once.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Original title	极道千金 (Ji Dao Qian Jin)³
Production	Netflix Mandarin original; production announced in Taipei on January 16, 2019; filmed in Taipei and Kaohsiung¹
Director and writer	Neal Wu (吴子云), the Taiwanese author known by the pen name Fujii Shu (藤井树) and director of the film At Cafe 6 (六弄咖啡馆)⁴
Release	December 6, 2019, six episodes of 34 to 47 minutes each²^•⁵
Main cast	Eugenie Liu (刘奕儿) as Angie, Jasper Liu (刘以豪) as Xu Yi-hang, Cecilia Choi (蔡思韵) as Ling Yun³
Genre and rating	Romantic comedy with organized-crime elements; rated 16+ on Netflix⁶
Reception	Douban 5.7 and IMDb 6.6; not renewed for a second season⁷^•⁸

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Plot

Angie (倪安琪), played by Eugenie Liu, grows up under the protection of her triad boss father Ni Kun (倪坤, played by Michael Huang). Sweet-looking but fierce, she craves an independent life and defies her father's wishes, running away from home to take a job as an undercover bodyguard for the famous actress Ling Yun (凌云, played by Cecilia Choi). Her real motive is to get close to her idol, the superstar Xu Yi-hang (徐逸航, played by Jasper Liu), who is rumored to be romantically involved with Ling Yun.¹^•⁴

The romance turns out to be staged: in episode three, Yi-hang reveals to Angie that his "fauxmance" with Ling Yun is a publicity arrangement, and Ling Yun's troubled past comes to light.⁶ A rival suitor, Eddie Kim (金晏彬, played by Tsao Yu-ning), Angie's childhood friend and the son of a mainland mob boss, returns and pursues her.⁹ The first season ends with two open plot lines: Angie and Yi-hang's relationship threatened by Eddie, and Angie's pledge to rescue Ling Yun's son, who is being held by a blackmailer.⁸

Episodes

All six episodes were released on December 6, 2019.⁵

"Shing Bwei" (圣筊的意义), 40 minutes: star-struck Angie wins a bodyguard job that gives her access to Xu Yi-hang.⁶
"Elephant Studio" (大象工作室), 37 minutes: talent agent Sophia instructs Angie to hide her triad links while she proves herself to a reluctant Ling Yun.⁶
"The Scumbag" (渣男), 39 minutes: Yi-hang reveals his fake romance with Ling Yun.⁶
"Let Me Tell You a Secret" (告诉你一个秘密), 42 minutes: sparks fly between Angie and Yi-hang as her father mobilizes his resources to find her.⁶
"We Had a Deal" (胖子的约定), 46 minutes: after Yi-hang's shocking press announcement, Angie reconnects with Eddie.⁶
"The Fortune" (签诗), 34 minutes: Angie confronts Wang Jin-guo and a new threat emerges for Ling Yun and Yi-hang.⁶

Production

Netflix announced official production on January 16, 2019 as part of its plan to expand investment in Mandarin content. The company partnered with playwright-director Neal Wu, described in the announcement as a leading representative of Taiwanese popular literature, and cast Jasper Liu, then coming off More Than Blue, the top-grossing Mandarin film in Taiwan the previous year, opposite Eugenie Liu of Mon Mon Mon Monsters. Eugenie Liu trained intensively before shooting for the role's physical demands.¹

The screenplay was written by a team of screenwriters led by Wu himself; the Chinese database DramaQueen also credits the American television writer Charles Pratt Jr. among the writers.¹^•² Visual effects were supplied by the Taiwanese studio WWWIND Studio under VFX supervisor ArChin Yen (严振钦).⁴

Triad Princess was one of Netflix's first three Taiwanese originals. At an August 2019 press conference the company scheduled Nowhere Man for October 31, Triad Princess for December 6, and The Ghost Bride (彼岸之嫁) for January 2020, with Triad Princess and The Ghost Bride each running six episodes.¹⁰

Reception

Critical response was mixed. Anthony Kao, writing at Cinema Escapist, called the show reliably entertaining rather than innovative, praising its pacing, accessible humor, and camerawork that met the bar of Netflix's American productions, while noting it traffics in cheesiness.¹¹ The Taiwanese review site Punchline argued that the series copied the conventions of local idol dramas while adding gangster and action elements the production team could not fully handle, and that the six-episode format left too little room for the many romantic subplots.¹² Audience scores were middling: 5.7 on Douban and 6.6 on IMDb, with a 67 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.⁷^•⁵

The series did not enter Netflix's 2019 Taiwan year-end ranking, unlike Nowhere Man, which placed third, and it was not renewed for a second season.¹³^•⁸ A later retrospective on Taiwanese drama noted that Netflix's three early Taiwanese originals, including Triad Princess, underperformed expectations, after which the company shifted to acquiring rights to existing Taiwanese dramas rather than fully producing them.¹⁴

References

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Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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