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Detective Chinatown 1900

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Detective Chinatown 1900
Theatrical release poster
Chinese唐探1900
Hanyu PinyinTángtàn 1900
Directed byChen Sicheng
Dai Mo
Written byChen Sicheng
Produced byChen Sicheng
StarringWang Baoqiang
Liu Haoran
Chow Yun-fat
Production
companies
Wanda Film
Beijing Yitong Legend Film Culture Co., Ltd.
China Film Co.,Ltd.
Distributed by
Release date
  • 29 January 2025 (2025-01-29)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
English

Detective Chinatown 1900 (Chinese: 唐探1900) is a 2025 Chinese comedy mystery buddy film directed by Chen Sicheng and Dai Mo, starring Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, with a special appearance by Chow Yun-fat.[1] The film is the fourth installment in the Detective Chinatown franchise.[2] The film sets in San Francisco in 1900 and follows the story of Qin Fu and Ah Gui's investigative murder case of a white woman in Chinatown.[3] The film premiered on 29 January 2025 during the Spring Festival.[4]

Plot

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In 1900, Fei Yanggu, a Manchu official of the Qing Dynasty, on the orders of Empress Dowager Cixi, led two bodyguards to San Francisco to capture the revolutionaries Sun Wen and Zheng Shiliang. The daughter of U.S. Congressman Grant was disemboweled and murdered in San Francisco's Chinatown. An elderly Native American man was also killed at the same time. The suspect was Bai Zhenbang, the son of Bai Xuanling, the leader of Chinatown’s Xiesheng Hall. Since Grant hates Chinese people in the United States, he is planning to push for a stronger Chinese exclusion bill in Congress. In order to save his son and prevent the Chinese from suffering large-scale persecution, Bai Xuanling invited Qin Fu, a young reasoning master, to help solve the case and find the real murderer.

On the other hand, Ah Gui, a Chinese-Native American hunter, came to San Francisco to avenge his adoptive father and met Qin Fu. The two began to work together to find the truth, but later two young women were disemboweled and killed. Since Zheng Shiliang is a good friend of Bai Zhenbang, the young master of Xieshengtang, Fei Yanggu's arrest operation did not go smoothly. In order to prepare for the revolution, Zheng Shiliang and Bai Zhenbang stole a batch of firearms from the Irish gang, thus offending the Irish. Zheng Shiliang and Bai Zhenbang hid the firearms in the Chinese Theater where their friend, the Chinese magician Jin Lingfu, worked.

Cast

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Production

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Production started in July 2024 in Laoling Film Studio and ended in October of the same year.[5]

Music

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Release

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Reception

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References

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  1. ^ 陈思诚担任编剧电影《唐探1900》立项 故事聚焦1900年旧金山唐人街凶杀案. Sohu (in Chinese). 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. ^ Patrick Brzeski (8 January 2025). "Chinese Tentpole "Detective Chinatown 1900" Sets Theatrical Release in U.S., Europe (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Xing Wen (22 January 2025). "Prequel to Detective Chinatown series hits screens on New Year's Day". Chinadaily.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ^ 电影《唐探 1900》定档海报发布，2025 年大年初一上映. sina (in Chinese). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ 《唐探1900》杀青照曝光，导演陈思成意外缺席，上映时间成焦点. Sohu (in Chinese). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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