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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

2010·123 min

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Directed by Tsui Hark

ActionAdventureDramaMystery

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.

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Detective Dee

Shangguan Jing'er

Pei Donglai

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Shatuo Zhong

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Peter Kam Pau-Tat

Original Music Composer

Peggy Lee Kam-Man

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Jasbinder Singh Mann

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Carina Lau

Wu Zetian

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Wang Lu (before face-lift)

Wang Lu (after face-lift)

Xue Yong

Li Xiao

Xiazi Ling

Prison Officer

Zhang Xun

Lu Li

Jean-Michel Casanova

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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) is about 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.

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Tsui Hark directed Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010).

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