Surveillance

Surveillance

100 mins | Nov. 8, 1997

Hailed by the Chinese government as one of the ten best films of the 1996-97 season, this irony-laced light drama is based on a novel by Fang Fang, and begins with the brutal slaying and robbery of a dock worker's family. The city assigns one of its best detectives, Yan Gao to find "the Wise One," the crime lord behind the murders. To do this, Yan sets up a series of surveillance sights around the city. When port guard Ye learns that he and his supervisor have been chosen to monitor one of the Wise One's main hideouts, he is delighted. It is the most exciting thing to have happened to him in years. But problems come because he must work nights and is sworn to secrecy. His girlfriend Bai Lin misinterprets his absences and this causes trouble. More trouble comes when her old lover shows up. Matters are made worse when a message for Ye and Tian to stop their surveillance does not get through.

Surveillance

100 mins | Nov. 8, 1997

Surveillance
Hailed by the Chinese government as one of the ten best films of the 1996-97 season, this irony-laced light drama is based on a novel by Fang Fang, and begins with the brutal slaying and robbery of a dock worker's family. The city assigns one of its best detectives, Yan Gao to find "the Wise One," the crime lord behind the murders. To do this, Yan sets up a series of surveillance sights around the city. When port guard Ye learns that he and his supervisor have been chosen to monitor one of the Wise One's main hideouts, he is delighted. It is the most exciting thing to have happened to him in years. But problems come because he must work nights and is sworn to secrecy. His girlfriend Bai Lin misinterprets his absences and this causes trouble. More trouble comes when her old lover shows up. Matters are made worse when a message for Ye and Tian to stop their surveillance does not get through.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title 埋伏
Directors Yang Yazhou, Huang Jianxin
Writers

Cast

Feng Gong

as Ye Minzhu / 叶民主

Jiang Shan

as Bai Lin / 百林

Teng Ru-jun

as Tian Gongshun (as Rujun Teng) / 田恭顺

Niu Zhen-Hua

as Zhi Zhe / 智者

Zhang Jiayi

as Gao Yang / 杨高

Chen Hao

as Tong Tong / 童童

Haihai Lin

as Tai / 小邰