National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey is labeled as the second season of the highly popular 2016 drama “Impossible Mission”. The drama tells of real happenings after the “Mukden Incident” on September 18, 1931. Due to the Japanese invasion in the North, Kuomintang officer Ren Hong Yi (Liu Ye), curator and conservator Zhou Ruo Si (Yuan Shan Shan), who works at the Palace Museum, and others take the treasures from the Forbidden City and travel to the South on a mission to protect China’s cultural roots. “As long as the cultural roots are there, China won’t die.”

National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey – 国宝奇旅
Release Date: 2019-02-06
Main Cast: Liu Ye, Yuan Shan Shan, Zhang Rui Han, Qin Shan, Liu Si Tong
Genre: Historical, War, Suspense
Network: Zhejiang Satellite TV, Jiangsu TV
Episodes: 42
Original Novel: Bearing the Weight (Trilogy of the Forbidden City Part 2) by Zhang Jian Hua
Related Content: Impossible Mission (2016 drama)
Trailers: Trailer 1 (RAW), Trailer 2 (RAW), Trailer 3 (RAW)
Where to watch RAW: Youtube
Where to watch with subtitles: currently no subs available
(request the license on Viki and Netflix)

Year of Production: 2017
Production Company: Straw Bear, Huo’erguosi Dacao Xiong, Omnijoi Media, Xingfu Lan Hai, Huashi
Producer: Ji Wei Jie
Director: Hua Qing
Screenwriter: Niu Jing, Niu Qiang
Filming Location: Hengdian World Studios

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