''The Shadow Play'' () is a 2018 Chinese

crime drama film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...

directed by

Lou Ye Lou Ye (), born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter-director who is commonly grouped with the " Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. In June 2018, Lou was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Care ...

. It made its world premiere at the 58th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in 2018. The film was also shown in the Panorama section at the

69th Berlin International Film Festival The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 7 to 17 February 2019. French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President. Lone Scherfig's drama film '' The Kindness of Strangers'' opened the festival. The Golden ...

. It was released theatrically on April 4, 2019 in China.

Synopsis

Yang Jiadong, a naive rookie cop, witnesses the Chief of Construction Committee jumping to his death from a tall building. He immediately begins investigation, but is brutally dismissed from his job and pursued by unknown enemies. He escapes to Hong Kong, where meets the daughter of the deceased victim. With her help, Yang Jiadong continues to seek for the truth, but finds himself falling into a trap of love.

Cast

* Jing Boran as Yang Jiadong * Ma Sichun as Xiao Ruo **Sun Chenxi as Xiao Ruo (10-year-old) **Huang Kailu as Xiao Ruo (15-year-old) * Song Jia as Lin Hui *

Qin Hao Qin Hao (Chinese name: ) is a Chinese actor. He is known for starring in the 2009 film '' Spring Fever'', and for his roles in suspense crime dramas '' Burning Ice'' (2017)'', The Bad Kids'' (2020) and '' The Long Season'' (2023). Early life ...

as Jiang Zicheng *

Michelle Chen Michelle Chen Yanxi (born Chen Mei-hsuan; 31 May 1983) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Chen is best known for starring in the 2011 film ''You Are the Apple of My Eye'', which broke box office records for Taiwanese films in mainland China, Taiw ...

as Lian Ahyun *

Zhang Songwen Zhang Songwen (; born 10 May 1976) is a Chinese actor and acting coach. After gaining local recognition for his role in the Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-T ...

as Tang Yijie *

Edison Chen Edison Chen Koon-hei (, born Chen Hing-wah on 7 October 1980) is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actor, singer, rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur. In 1999, at the age of 19, Chen was scouted to shoot a credit card commercial with Leon Lai. H ...

as Alex * Cherry Ngan as bar girl *Wang Weishen as Wang *Shan Baozhong as Sun *Leung Chi-lik as Chun *Chen Weirong as Mr. Yang *Luo Yimin as Stuntman *Hu Ling as Ms Hu *Herman Lau as Businessman

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* Chinese crime drama films Chinese mystery films Films directed by Lou Ye Films scored by Jóhann Jóhannsson Films set in Guangzhou Films shot in Guangzhou Films shot in Taiwan Films shot in Hong Kong {{2010s-China-film-stub