Young Detective Dee Rise of the Sea Dragon

Product Description From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit DETECTIVE DEE: MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie s beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family. DVD EXTRASTrailer English Subtitles Review "The Sherlock Holmes of 7th-Century China" --The Washington Post "A gargantuan feast of spectacle, martial arts, and sleuthing" --Variety "Impressive...exhilarating" --The Washington Post About the Actor Angela Yeung Wing, also known by her stage name Angelababy, has made a career in Hong Kong as an actress and a model. Born in Shanghai to her half- Chinese/German father and Chinese mother, she moved to Hong Kong at age 13 and took her stage name Angelababy as a composition of her legal given name Angela and her family given nickname "Baby". About the Director Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the board of judges for the 57th Cannes Film Festival in the feature films category this year. An internationally acclaimed visionary director, Hark started making experimental movies with 8mm film when he was only 13. After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, majoring in film, he returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and landed a job working in television. In 1979 he directed his film debut, Die bian. It raised a lot of attention, and was hailed by many as the start of a new wave in Hong Kong cinema. After making numerous critically and successful films, he co-founded his own production house, Film Workshop, with his wife, Nansun Shi, in 1984. Although the company was intended to be contemporary, it went on to become one of the most successful production companies in Hong Kong, having produced such classics of Hong Kong cinema as Sinnui yauwan (1987) and A Better Tomorrow, which was directed by John Woo and starred the amazing Yun-Fat Chow. Considered the master of kung-fu action films, Tsui Hark's The Swordsman, Dragon Inn and Once Upon a Time in China created a new era and standard for the "wuxia" genre that has now become a trend in filmmaking.