Han Gengyin Zheng's "Great Detective Hawthorne" is set at 0118
Directed by Zhou Xianyang, written by Du Zhilang and starring Han Geng, Yin Zheng, Zhang Huiwen, Liu Jialing, Guo Xiaodong and others, the film "Great Detective Hawthorne" will be released on January 18.
The film is adapted from the Chinese detective novelist Cheng Xiaoqing's "Hawthorne Detective Collection", the story is set in a rich and mysterious border city - the Golden City, the film takes a bizarre murder as the starting point, showing the great detective Hawthorne's case-solving experience.
The film was released in September 2016, and it was announced as early as early 2017 that it would be released in the summer of that year, but it was quietly withdrawn and not released. The detective Hawthorne in the film is played by Han Geng, and director Zhou Xianyang said that the description of Hawthorne in the original novel is more old-fashioned, and he hopes to make this role younger and more fashionable when adapting, and Han Geng's eyes and fashion sense are very close to the Hawthorne in his heart.
Fujiwara Ryu also starred in "Confessions 22 Years Later" released in 0111
Directed by Yu Irie and starring Ryuya Fujiwara, Hideaki Ito, Natsu Fan and Shuhei Nomura, the suspense film Confessions 22 Years Later will be released on January 11.
The film tells the story of a man named Masato Tsonezaki (Ryuya Fujiwara) who claims to be the murderer of a serial murder in Tokyo 22 years ago and mocks the police for failing to catch him, leaving the case unsolved. As a criminal police officer investigating the case that year, Makimura Hang (Hideaki Ito) has never given up on hunting down the real culprit for many years, and he will be suspicious of Masato Tsonesaki's words, and a fierce cat-and-mouse game between the two has begun.
Fujiwara Ryu also starred in the stage drama "Poison Pill" directed by Yukio Kawakawa, whose film and television drama works include "Death Note", "Battle Royale" series and "ST Red and White Search Files". Released in Japan in June 2017, Confessions after 22 Years was released and won the weekly box office for three consecutive weeks, eventually grossing 2.41 billion yen. For the film, Fujiwara Ryu also received a nomination for Best Actor at the 41st Japan Academy Awards.