Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

Sep 27, 2013

2h 14m

★ 6.3

Overview

Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce detective Yuchi to investigate a sea monster that stalks the city at night and makes it unsafe.

Genres

Action

Crime

Fantasy

Adventure

Production Companies

Huayi Brothers Pictures

China Film Co-Production Corp.

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Cast

Detective Dee

Mark Chao

Yin Ruiji

AngelaBaby

Yuchi Zhenjin

William Feng

Yuan Zhen

Kim Bum

Wu Zetian

Carina Lau

Doctor Wang Pu

Chen Kun

The Emperor

Chien Sheng

Shatuo Zhong

Lin Gengxin

Huo Yi

Dong Hu

Chusui Liang

Shan Zhang

Admiral

Guoyi Chen

Bo Qianzhang

Tie Nan

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