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Set in Japan and shot on Imax, the latest bigbudget installment of the Detective Chinatown buddymovie franchise is topping Spring Festival presale charts, Xu Fan reports.
hen the clock struck previous works of the franchise will midnight on Jan 17, all talk about it with their friends and the upcoming films family, making theatergoing one of striving to make a their top social activities during the splashW during the Spring Festival holidays,” says Chen. holiday — the most lucrative boxof Reprising actors Wang and Liu as fice season in the world’s second detectives Tang Ren and Qin Feng, largest movie market — the new sequel casts several Japanese simultaneously launched presale stars, including Tomokazu Miura tickets online. and Honami Suzuki, respectively Hauling in 256 million yuan ($37.1 known to Chinese fans for the runa million) by Wednesday, Detective way TV series Akai Giwaku, which Chinatown 3 has topped the presale was screened in Japan in 1975 but boxoffice charts, far surpassing the imported to China in 1984, and the secondhighest film Jiang Ziya: Leg 1991 TV series Tokyo Love Story. end of Deification. “I hope audiences of all ages can The new film will open across Chi find familiar elements that were pop nese theaters on Saturday, the first ular in their favorite eras. Fans of Jap day of the Year of the Rat. It will also anese detective novels will also be be released in 150 cinemas in over 50 able to see some of their favorite writ cities and towns in North America on ers appear in the film,” says Chen. the eve of Lunar New Year. At the invitation of a renowned Chen Sicheng, creator of the Japanese detective, played by Satoshi Detective Chinatown franchise, Tsumabuki, the upcoming tale announced that the new sequel, set in recounts the Chinese detective duo’s Tokyo, was to be his last directorial latest adventure in Tokyo as they try work of the series. to solve a mysterious murder case, “Over the past five years, Detective which could earn them a bonus of up Chinatown has produced three fea to 1 billion Japanese yen ($9.1 mil turelength movies and an online lion). Growing up reading books series, which has shaped its unique about Chinese culture and history, style,” says Chen in an interview with Chen says the names of the two pro China Daily. tagonists were inspired by his child Starring actors Wang Baoqiang hood education. and Liu Haoran as an uncle and his He says Tang and Qin, the sur nephew respectively, the franchise names of the two lead characters, follows the efforts of the amateur respectively, symbolize the two epon detective duo in solving a series of ymous Tang (618907) and Qin (221 mysterious cases from Bangkok in 206 BC) dynasties, which were both the first film to New York in the sec spectacular chapters in the history of ond, and Tokyo in the upcoming third the Chinese civilization. installment. Mainly filmed in the touristfriend Unlike traditional detective films ly areas of Tokyo, such as Akihabara, which set a serious tone and unfold in Shibuya and Shinjuku, the film also a nailbiting fashion, this franchise is recruited hundreds of local extras to more of a buddy movie featuring fun shoot several difficult scenes. ny moments and exotic backdrops, a Shooting in Japan lasted for more pivotal characteristic in helping to than 70 days, almost double the time pave its way to major success. Clockwise from top: A scene from Detective Chinatown 3, which will open across Chinese theaters on the first day of Lunar New Year; spent filming in New York for the sec Following the first Detective Chi actors Wang Baoqiang (front) and Liu Haoran (right) reprise their detective duo characters in the new movie; director Chen Sicheng ond installment. natown film that earned 830 million (center) on the film set; Japanese actor Tomokazu Miura also joins the cast. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Now sharing the Detective China yuan to soar as the cinematic dark town copyright with its principal horse of 2015, the second romp raked financer Wanda Media, Chen says he in 3.4 billion yuan, propelling it to Douban, a barometer of popularity. the iQiyi platform since Jan 1, is a are becoming more discerning and ing over 2,000 specialeffects shots hopes the franchise will shape its become the highestgrossing comedy With Chen serving as the chief pro smart and strategic move as a warm expect good stories,” says Chen. made him realize that, “when a film is own “cinematic detective universe” of all time in China. ducer and scriptwriter, the online up for the upcoming third movie Citing the scifi hit The Wandering pursuing excellence in every aspect, rather like Marvel’s superhero fran The popularity of the franchise has drama consists of three standalone installment. Earth as an example, which shat audiences will like it and don’t care chise, and will help to popularize been enhanced with the recently stories, which were shot over 114 days “I have kept my eye on the film tered the myth that assumed that which genre it belongs to”. Chinese culture around the world. released 12episode online series of in Bangkok, Taiwan and Tokyo. market, especially during the Spring Chinese filmmakers did not have the “Besides, a film should have its the same title, which has gained 7.5 Industry analysts say the online Festival holidays, in recent years. I’ve means to create successful scifi own ‘social attribute’, which means Contact the writer at points out of 10 on the review site series, which has been streaming on discovered that domestic audiences works, Chen explains the epic featur people who have already watched [email protected]
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