Twisted Strings

Get entwined in the world of fantasy and suspense in the new HBO Asia Original series Twisted Strings, a satire anthology of selfishness, greed, and ignorance. The Chinese-language series premieres with two episodes on Sunday, March 27, 9pm on WarnerMedia’s HBO and HBO GO across Southeast Asia.Executive produced by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Assassin), the 7x60’ Taiwan thriller-comedy will debut a new episode every Sunday, with the last two episodes airing back-to-back on April 24. In Taiwan and Indonesia, the series will also simulcast on the CATCHPLAY+ streaming service.Twisted Strings follows a series of bizarre deaths happening in Taiping City. Against an eerie atmosphere, Wu Yuenu (played by award-winning actress, director and screenplay writer Sylvia Chang (Love Education, 20 30 40)) witnesses the deaths of people around her. A funeral, a missing body, a dangerous game, a kidnapping; real and unreal, these incidents are woven in Yuenu’s memories, converging in the mysterious Sailing Castle.The name of the series is inspired by a popular Taiwanese nursery rhyme, which contains lyrics that tell the story of a monkey's life over seven days. Each episode is loosely based on a line from the song.[Source: Warner Media]