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Detective Chinatown 1900

Detective Chinatown 1900

Chen Sicheng’s nationalist mystery comedy brings more of what we love about the Detective China series.

Posted on 16 Oct 20255 Nov 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in China, Comedy, Mystery, PeriodTagged 2025, AJ Donnelly, Bai Ke, Chen Sicheng, Chow Yun Fat, John Cusack, Liu Haoran, Review, Wang Baoqiang, Yin Zheng, Yue Yunpeng, Zhang Xincheng. Leave a comment

Detective Chinatown

Detective Chinatown

Two men prove their innocence by committing countless other crimes in Chen Sicheng’s buddy comedy.

Posted on 13 Feb 2024 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, China, Comedy, Drama, MysteryTagged 2015, Chalee Immak, Chen He, Chen Sicheng, Ekapan Bunluerit, Liu Haoran, Marc Ma, Pan Yueming, Tong Liya, Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Yang, Xiaoshenyang, Zhang Zifeng, Zhao Yingjun. Leave a comment

Buddies in India

Buddies in India

Wang Baoqiang’s modern day reimagining of the Journey to the West is a manic, bizarre but still entertaining adaptation.

Posted on 12 Jan 202218 Jan 2022 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Adventure, ChinaTagged 2017, Ada Liu, Bai-Ke, Journey to the West, Liu Haoran, Liu Xiao Ling Tong, Review, Shruti Sodhi, Vikramjeet Virk, Wang Baoqiang, Yue Yunpeng. Leave a comment

Legend of the Demon Cat

Legend of the Demon Cat

Black cats are bad luck in Chen Kaige’s historical fantasy mystery.

Posted on 22 May 201812 Jun 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in China, Family, Fantasy, Historical, MysteryTagged 2017, Chen Kaige, Cheng Taisheng, Hiroshi Abe, Huang Xuan, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kitty Zhang, Liu Haoran, Liu Peiqi, Mason Lee, Oho Ou, Qin Hao, Qin Yi, Sandrine Pinna, Shohei Hino, Shota Sometani, Tian Yu, Xin Baiqing, Zhang Luyi, Zhang Tianai. Leave a comment

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