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Shine (2025)
Drama
War & Politics
Five young Thais resist the strict social norms of 1969, risking everything as their interwoven forbidden loves defy an intolerant world.
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Keywords
depression
smoking
1970s
infidelity
musician
protest
flashback
miniseries
period drama
drinking
lgbt
student protest
bisexual man
multilingual
1960s
student riots
gay romance
time skip
protester
gay theme
political
nudity
music
boys' love (bl)
drug usage
violence
thai culture
bisexual
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Reviews(1)

Dominic Kebre
@Niso2020April 28, 2026
There are two politically themed Thai BL series that would deserve to be in my "favourite series list" of the year, “Mandate“ and “Shine“. Unfortunately, “Mandate“ felt dragged, if not boring, which is a pity because the actors did a good job, and the story is important. “Shine“ was a lot better bec…














































