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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.

2010 · 2h 3m · 6.6 on TMDB

PG-13

Action Adventure Drama Mystery

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.

Cast

Andy Lau
Detective Dee
Li Bingbing
Shangguan Jing'er
Deng Chao
Pei Donglai
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Shatuo Zhong

Carina Lau

Carina Lau

Wu Zetian

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Wang Lu (before face-lift)

Teddy Robin

Teddy Robin

Wang Lu (after face-lift)

Liu Jinshan

Liu Jinshan

Xue Yong

Yao Lu

Yao Lu

Li Xiao

Wang Deshun

Wang Deshun

Xiazi Ling

He Shengming

He Shengming

Prison Officer

Huang Yonggang

Huang Yonggang

Zhang Xun

Awards

In Competition · 2010Venice
Best Film · 2011nomineeHKFA

Production

Huayi Brothers Pictures Film Workshop

Directed by

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Released: September 18, 2010
Budget: $13M
Box office: $51.7M

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Part of the Detective Dee Collection (Tsui Hark)

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