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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)

★ 6.6 · 429 ratings on TMDB

The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame poster★ 6.6

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.

DirectorTsui Hark
CastAndy Lau, Carina Lau, Deng Chao, Li Bingbing, Liu Jinshan, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
GenresAction, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The emergence reading

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E12/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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