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Detective Chinatown 1900
In 1900, the mysterious murder of a white woman and a Native American man in San Francisco's Chinatown triggers a race against time as the Chinese suspect and the Native American's adopted Chinese son work to uncover the truth while a politician seeks to leverage the Chinese Exclusion Bill as well as the prevailing xenophobia and racism to close down Chinatown and elect himself as the mayor.
2025 · Directed by Chen Sicheng · 135 min · Comedy · Mystery · Action · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Chen Sicheng
- Cinematography: Du Jie
- Edited by: Tang Hongjia
- Music: Nathan Wang
- Produced by: Chen Sicheng
Cast
- Wang Baoqiang as Ah Gui
- Liu Haoran as Qin Fu
- Chow Yun-Fat as Bai Xuanling
- Bai Ke as Zheng Shiliang
- Zhang Xincheng as Bai Zhenbang
- Yue Yunpeng as Fei Yanggu
- John Cusack as Grant
- Tai Bo as Uncle Si
- Wang Yutian as Ren Wu
- Zhang Aoyue as Ren Liu
Production
- Country: China, Hong Kong
- Language: English, Mandarin, Navajo
- Studios: As One Production, Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media 天津猫眼微影文化传媒, Shanghai Ruyi Film & TV Production 上海儒意影视制作, 北京乐开花影业有限公司
- Box office: $500,282,092
- Themes: san francisco, california, chinatown, prequel, murder, buddy comedy, 1900s, action comedy, 20th century
On this film
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