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The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel

Original title: Chu zi Xi zi Pi zi
  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 48m
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5.6/10
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The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel (2013)
World War II:  a cholera epidemic ravages the streets of Beijing. A crack team of Chinese intelligence agents kidnap a Japanese general and biochemist who may hold the antidote. When trickery and torture fail, the covert squad smuggles their victims into a restaurant and launches the oddest of interrogations – staging a Chinese Opera and posing as fellow guests, designed to entice, confuse, and ultimately trick their captives into revealing the truth before time runs out.
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During Second Sino-Japanese War, China suffered from cholera outbreak because Japanese uses it as an biological weapon. Four Chinese agents captures a Japanese scientist and his bodyguard an... Read allDuring Second Sino-Japanese War, China suffered from cholera outbreak because Japanese uses it as an biological weapon. Four Chinese agents captures a Japanese scientist and his bodyguard and interrogate them by Chinese opera in order to get the vaccine formula.During Second Sino-Japanese War, China suffered from cholera outbreak because Japanese uses it as an biological weapon. Four Chinese agents captures a Japanese scientist and his bodyguard and interrogate them by Chinese opera in order to get the vaccine formula.
IMDb RATING
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699
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  • Director
    • Hu Guan
  • Writers
    • Runnian Dong
    • Hu Guan
  • Stars
    • Ye Liu
    • Hanyu Zhang
    • Bo Huang
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hu Guan
  • Writers
    • Runnian Dong
    • Hu Guan
  • Stars
    • Ye Liu
    • Hanyu Zhang
    • Bo Huang
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    • 4User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 10 nominations

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    Ye Liu, Jing Liang, Hanyu Zhang, and Bo Huang in The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel (2013)
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    Ye Liu, Jing Liang, Hanyu Zhang, and Bo Huang in The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel (2013)

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    Ye Liu
    Ye Liu
    • Chu zi (Chef)
    Hanyu Zhang
    Hanyu Zhang
    • Xi zi (Actor)
    Bo Huang
    Bo Huang
    • Pi zi (Scoundrel)
    Jing Liang
    Jing Liang
    • Feng po zi (Crazy wife)
    Chie Tanaka
    Chie Tanaka
    • Yanagida
    Zhenxiang Fei
    • Er Qiu (Detective team)
    • (as Yang Fei)
    Akira Hibino
    • General
    Ryu Kohata
    • Japanese lieutenant
    Masanobu Otsuka
    • Ogasawara
    Shinichi Takashima
    • Sakai Shinichi
    Xun Wang
    Xun Wang
    • Glasses (Detective team captain)
    Minowa Yasufumi
    • Igarashi
    • (credit only)
    Luyi Zhang
    Luyi Zhang
    • Shirakawa
    Suchen Zhao
    • San Pao (Detective team)
    • Director
      • Hu Guan
    • Writers
      • Runnian Dong
      • Hu Guan
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    8/10
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    Different from the ordinary anti-Japanese war films, the surface has been funny, but each laugh is not only laugh and after make me pondering, the actors are indeed selected well, there is a strong drama conflict. Also I think the storyline progress very fast and jumped, it make me lost at some points. Some of the scenes are not what I expected, because some plots just like add to the story abruptly. The movie shows the strong of the Chinese united and many Chinese traditional traits. It also shows how poor China was back to 1940s. People could not have enough food and live within the bloodcurdling of war.
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    • Release date
      • March 29, 2013 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Languages
      • Chinese
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel
    • Production companies
      • Beijing No.5 Movement Culture Media
      • Beijing Enlight Pictures
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $42,970,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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