Surveillance (1997)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Huang Jianxin
  • Profile picture of Feng Gong
    Ye Minzhu / 叶民主 Feng Gong
  • Profile picture of Jiang Shan
    Bai Lin / 百林 Jiang Shan
  • Profile picture of Teng Rujun
    Tian Gongshun (as Rujun Teng) / 田恭顺 Teng Rujun
  • Profile picture of Niu Zhen-Hua
    Zhi Zhe / 智者 Niu Zhen-Hua
  • Profile picture of Zhang Jiayi
    Gao Yang / 杨高 Zhang Jiayi
  • Profile picture of Chen Hao
    Tong Tong / 童童 Chen Hao
  • Profile picture of Haihai Lin
    Tai / 小邰 Haihai Lin

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