Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
| Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon | |
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Screenplay by | Chang Chia-lu Tsui Hark |
| Story by | Chen Kuo-fu Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Nansun Shi Chen Kuo-fu Tsui Hark James Wang |
| Starring | Mark Chao William Feng Kenny Lin Ian Kim Angela Yeung Carina Lau |
| Cinematography | Choi Sung-fai |
| Edited by | Yu Baiyang |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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| Distributed by | Huayi Brothers Emperor Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$98,400,000 |
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (Chinese: 狄仁傑之神都龍王) is a 2013 Chinese action-adventure fantasy mystery film directed, produced, and co-written by Tsui Hark, and a prequel to Tsui's 2010 film Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Taiwanese-Canadian actor Mark Chao takes over from Andy Lau as a young Dee Renjie, while William Feng, Kenny Lin, Ian Kim (in his Chinese debut), and Angelababy co-star alongside a returning Carina Lau from Mystery of the Phantom Flame, rounding up the ensemble cast. The film was shot in native 3D.
In Rise of the Sea Dragon, Di investigates the origins and nature of an attack against the Chinese fleet, believed to have been caused by a mysterious sea creature. A sequel of the film and the third installment of the Detective Dee series, titled Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, was released in 2018, with Chao, Feng, Lin, and Lau all reprising their roles.