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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Overview
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Details
- Release date
- 2010-09-18
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, Film Workshop
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- Andy Lau as Detective Dee
- Li Bingbing as Shangguan Jing'er
- Deng Chao as Pei Donglai
- Tony Leung Ka-fai as Shatuo Zhong
- Carina Lau as Wu Zetian
- Richard Ng Yiu-Hon as Wang Lu (before face-lift)
- Teddy Robin as Wang Lu (after face-lift)
- Liu Jinshan as Xue Yong
- Yao Lu as Li Xiao
- Wang Deshun as Xiazi Ling
- He Shengming as Prison Officer
- Huang Yonggang as Zhang Xun
Crew
- Tsui Hark - Director
- Chen Kuofu - Writer
- Zhang Jialu - Screenplay
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