Watched all 44 episodes of China's Handsome Siblings (2020). It is one of the most satisfying wuxia in my list. Twin brothers are parted from babyhood by a series of tragic events. One is raised as a prince in a palace run by women only, the other by bandits who call themselves The Ten Villains. In the end, both brothers are destined to fight in a duel.

The dramatic situation reminded me so much of the Tagalog epic _Ang Kambal Sa Sinukuan_, set in Pampanga, in which twin brothers are also separated, one brought up by amazons, the other by male warriors.

Everything in this movie is fine, except that I can't buy the feasibility of anyone holding an 18-year grudge. It has imaginative, well-directed, and well-thought-out fight scenes. It has an expert handling of the passage of time. I continue to be fascinated by the Mandarin word "kushu", which is able to stand in for the Tagalog "kasi" in most sentences. Like all wuxia, everything picks up and falls into place toward the middle of the series. Episode 27 is most thrilling, and all episodes henceforth are riveting. The story unfolds almost like a Western detective story. And the subliminal premise, typical of chauvinist China, seems to be that women cannot ever control the fates of men. 

The outstanding performer is Chen Zheyuan as Jiang Xiaoyu. Ironically, it is from Episode 28 onward that he develops mannerisms--as opposed to nuances--that get in the way of his acting. He delivers a three-dimensional character nonetheless, and it is he who provides lustre to the cast.