This marks the return of Detective Dee after the success of the first release 7 years ago. Main character Di Renjie is a former detective from the Tang Dynasty that was ordered by Empress Wu Zetian to solve mysterious murder cases.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/drama/Ryk7Y_4c.jpg", "genre": [ "Action", "Thriller", "Historical" ], "contentRating": "PG-13", "datePublished": "Jul 27, 2018", "dateModified": "2018-08-30", "startDate": "Jul 27, 2018", "endDate": "", "actor": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carina Lau", "alternateName": "劉嘉玲", "birthDate": "December 8, 1965", "nationality": "Hong Konger", "description": "Carina Lau moved to Hong Kong with her family at the age of 14 and at the the time could not speak the local Cantonese and was often teased by other people the "Mainland Girl". She would eventually gave her best effort to learn the language and then was re-accepted at the TVB actors training program when she had improved her speaking ability. It was 1983 the year when she had graduated from the program and launched her acting career as contract basic actress for TVB, and her now boyfriend Tony Leung(Happy Together) was graduated one year ealrier. Her acting career for TVB was limited to playing ornamental parts in series for the first several years and she didn't get a major challenging starring role until the hit series Looking Back in Anger. That series had established her status as a strong leading lady, but she was aiming to abandon the small screen for films.
She had been in tabnoid headlines for her near-marriage romance with a handsome billionaire in the late 80s, and she was considering giving up acting to marry him but the wedding got cancelled the last minute, and Carina was devastated. Shortly after she started dating Tony after partnering to do a stage play called "Happy Lemon Husband". It was I am Sorry (a low-budget dramedy) that first garnered her the HK best actress nomination in 1989, and she had previously been sent out by TVB to do some films but nothing significant enough to turn her into a film star. Since leaving TVB, she had been approached by film jobs consistently. She found the dream role when Wong Kar Wai let her play a sexy and volatile showgirl in Days of Being Wild opposite Leslie Cheung and Maggie Cheung, and she was in the spotlight and became the "It" girl of the year during film festivals and awards. She once told the press that it was WKW who taught her how to bring out the best of her acting skills and how to use body language to convey emotions.
Over the course the 90s, Carina was constantly working mostly on dramas and comedies and had many box office hits. She subsquently chose very daring dramatic roles and she has a reputation for playing troubled women and porstitutes very well. For instance, her bisexual role in Intimates was one of the most challenging roles of her career and it was very provocative that it was entirely accepted by mainstream audiences. Towards the late 90s, she cut reduced her working in films since there was lesser good scripts and the industry was in decline. She even participated in a period dramatic series in Taiwan and a HK theatrical play when films didn't excite her. With more than 60 starring roles in films, TV series and plays, she was not desperate to work just for work, so the recent years she's still one of the highest earning actress in Asia because she's the spokesperson for numerous big fashion and cosmetic labels. It was unfortunate that her five year involement in making the most lavish sci-fi epic 2046 had reduced her to a supporting role. She was frustrated that she didn't know what she was playing since Wong Kar Wai had not issued a script and was working from his head the whole time. Finally, a fellow actor recommended her to read a script called Curiosity Kills the Cat, a low-budget Chinese thriller, and insisted that she should do the film because it was clear that the leading role was perfectly suitable for her and she's never played anything like it before. Her performance garnered her the best reviews of her career. In this film, she turned in a multi-layered and unpredictable performance and for the first time she was willing to be made up to look very middle-aged and unattractive, and she was welling to do 3 takes of paint splattering all over her like Sissy Spacek in Carrie. (IMDb Mini Biography By: Wing Lee, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490500/bio)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/dq41K_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Chao", "alternateName": "趙又廷", "birthDate": "September 25, 1984", "nationality": "Taiwanese", "description": "Mark Chao is a Taiwanese actor and the second son of actor Chao Shu Hai. He attended elementary school in Canada and worked at Ming's Restaurant in Victoria. Mark Chao graduated from the University of Victoria in 2007 with a major in Economics and a focus on Social Sciences.
He began his acting career in 2009 and gained prominence with his role in the television drama *Black & White*.
On April 17, 2012, he confirmed his relationship with actress Gao Yuan Yuan during a press conference for *Black & White: The Dawn of Justice* in Beijing. They registered their marriage in Beijing on June 5, 2014. The couple's daughter was born at Beijing United Family Hospital in 2019.
(Source: MyDramaList)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/E5JVl5_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ma Si Chun", "alternateName": "马思纯", "birthDate": "March 14, 1988", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Ma Si Chun (English name: Sandra) is a Chinese actress of Hui ethnicity born in Bengbu, Anhui Province. She graduated from Communication University of China. Her maternal aunt, Jiang Wen Li, is also a famous actress.
She started out as a child actor in 1995 at the age of seven with her debut appearance in the movie "The Winter of Three People". Ma officially entered showbiz in 2008 with her debut role in the urban romance drama "Dad, I Am Pregnant with Your Child".
In 2013, Ma won the Best Newcomer Award at the 14th China Film and Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Awards for her role in "Silent Years ". She has since then won several awards during her active years of acting.
It was reported in March 2017 that Ma and Ou Hao fell in love when they co-starred in the movie "Left Ear". They broke up in August 2018.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/pm6yD_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lin Geng Xin", "alternateName": "林更新", "birthDate": "February 13, 1988", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Lin Geng Xin is a Chinese actor. Born on February 13, 1988, he also goes by Lin Gengxin and Kenny Lin. He made his acting debut in the 2009 film “The Blue Cornflower” but it was the 2011 television series “Scarlet Heart” that made him a star throughout Asia. Lin has starred in several #1 box office hits since then such as "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon" (2013), "My Old Classmate" (2014), "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" (2014), and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" (2017) as well as television series "Princess Agents" (2017).
Lin ranked 77th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2015, 43rd in 2017, and 84th in 2019.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/e4beQ_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Feng Shao Feng", "alternateName": "冯绍峰", "birthDate": "October 7, 1978", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Feng Wei, better known by his stage name Feng Shao Feng, is a Chinese actor. He is currently an artist under the management of Huayi Brothers.
Feng graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy in 2001 and began his acting career in the same year. He has appeared in several television dramas.
In 2007, Feng gained more attention after starring in a grand production drama by Hong Kong's TVB and mainland China's CCTV, "The Drive of Life".
On October 16, 2018, Feng announced his marriage to actress Zhao Li Ying. On March 8, 2019, their son was born. On April 23, 2021, both actors announced the end of their marriage through their studios; the separation is amicable and they plan on co-parenting their son.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/E4jy0_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Juan", "alternateName": "阮經天", "birthDate": "November 8, 1982", "nationality": "Taiwanese", "description": "Ethan Juan is a Taiwanese actor, singer, model, and writer. He was born into a military family in a military dependents' village in Taichung, Taiwan. He attended various schools during his early years, including private and public elementary schools, as well as several junior high schools in Taichung, Taiwan.
He was expelled from Taichung First Senior High School for fighting, then expelled again from New Taipei Municipal Sanmin Senior High School for the same reason, and later dropped out of Yining Senior High School in Taichung due to his addiction to online games. After being expelled from the day school of Taichung Private Xinmin Senior High School for disciplinary issues related to fighting, he transferred to the night school.
He later enrolled in both the China University of Technology and Shing Wu University but did not complete his studies at either institution.
He once aspired to become a pilot and had even passed the exams. However, in 2002, while accompanying a friend to a casting call in Taipei, he was unexpectedly scouted by a modeling agency and made his debut starring in Penny Tai's music video "Loved." He subsequently signed with the Catwalk Modeling Agency, focusing mainly on runway shows and advertisement shoots.
In 2004, Ethan Juan made his debut in the idol drama "Dancing Michael". That same year, he and Zheng Yuan Chang jointly opened a nightclub called "SPOT" in Taichung, but it closed down in 2006.
On March 5, 2013, Ethan Juan announced the establishment of "Bright Entertainment" with directors Niu Cheng Ze and Li Lie, marking his official venture into the entertainment industry as a producer.
After entering the entertainment industry, Ruan Jing Tian had romantic relationships with several female stars. In 2005, he dated Liu Pin Yan, who was 17 at the time, during their collaboration on "Green Forest, My Home." This relationship led to both of them being frozen out by their management company, with a reduction in their work opportunities.
On January 31, 2012, Ethan Juan began his military service, but due to physical reasons, he was assigned to alternative military service (Substitute Service Training Class, 104th session). He officially completed his service and was discharged on January 11, 2013.
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Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), the Once Upon a Time in China film series (1991–1997) and The Blade (1995).
Tsui also has been a prolific writer and (a very hands-on) producer; his productions include A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), The Killer (1989), The Legend of the Swordsman (1992), The Wicked City (1992), Iron Monkey (1993) and Black Mask (1996).
He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema and is regarded by critics as "one of the masters of Asian cinematography".
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