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Surveillance

66% | Nov 08, 1997 | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Hailed by the Chinese government as one of the ten best films of the 1996-97 season, this irony-laced light drama is based on a novel by Fang Fang, and begins with the brutal slaying and robbery of a dock worker's family. The city assigns one of its best detectives, Yan Gao to find "the Wise One," the crime lord behind the murders. To do this, Yan sets up a series of surveillance sights around the city. When port guard Ye learns that he and his supervisor have been chosen to monitor one of the Wise One's main hideouts, he is delighted. It is the most exciting thing to have happened to him in years. But problems come because he must work nights and is sworn to secrecy. His girlfriend Bai Lin misinterprets his absences and this causes trouble. More trouble comes when her old lover shows up. Matters are made worse when a message for Ye and Tian to stop their surveillance does not get through.

Featured Crew

Huang Jianxin
Director
Yang Yazhou
Director

Cast

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Feng Gong
Ye Minzhu / 叶民主
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Jiang Shan
Bai Lin / 百林
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Teng Ru-jun
Tian Gongshun (as Rujun Teng) / 田恭顺
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Niu Zhen-Hua
Zhi Zhe / 智者
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Zhang Jiayi
Gao Yang / 杨高

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