China Synopsis
误杀
Li and his wife A Yu run a small business in Thailand and enjoy a happy home life with their two daughters. When their eldest daughter is violently assaulted, blackmailed and left traumatised by another student, her parents intervene, leading to a dead body which needs to be hidden, and every trace of the boy buried to cover up the accident.
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Crime + Drama in China
56 China titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sheep Without a Shepherd itself).
The 2018–2020 China Window
Sheep Without a Shepherd holds position #43 of 219 China films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including Sheep Without a Shepherd. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 726th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
70 audience reviews — more than 70% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 63th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sheep Without a Shepherd, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- solidarity · 2
- attempted rape · 2
- police interrogation · 2
- false evidence · 2
- hidden body · 1
- accused of murder · 1
- based on movie · 19
- thailand · 56
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #115 of 946 China films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Crime productions specifically: #10 of 89 (top 11%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Thai, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | China Film Group Corporation, Perfect Sky Pictures, Hengye Pictures, As One Production |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | December 13, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt11210032 |