Detective Chinatown 1900

Detective Chinatown 1900

2025 · 135 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Mystery, Action

In 1900, the mysterious murder of a white woman and a Native American man in San Francisco's Chinatown triggers a race against time as the Chinese suspect and the Native American's adopted Chinese son work to uncover the truth while a politician seeks to leverage the Chinese Exclusion Bill as well as the prevailing xenophobia and racism to close down Chinatown and elect himself as the mayor.

Directed by Chen Sicheng · Written by Chen Sicheng

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Wang Baoqiang Ah Gui
Liu Haoran Qin Fu
Chow Yun-Fat Bai Xuanling
Bai Ke Zheng Shiliang
Zhang Xincheng Bai Zhenbang
Yue Yunpeng Fei Yanggu
John Cusack Grant
Tai Bo Uncle Si
Wang Yutian Ren Wu
Zhang Aoyue Ren Liu
Scotty Cox Weyman
Sam Hayden-Smith Lance

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