A 1985 Chinese crime procedural so procedural it loops back around to hypnotic.
Chen Lihua, a cashier at the Hongguang Store in Meishan City, was killed on the way to the bank. After receiving the alarm call, Han Zhong, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, immediately led a team to the site to investigate.
Production
Authentic Meishan city locations frozen in 1985 amber.
Costume
Period workwear and police uniforms are documentary-level accurate.
Director
Li Geng
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed during China's 'fifth generation' transition, this represents the older state-funded studio system—propaganda-adjacent but weirdly earnest about procedure.
Director Li G庚 was primarily a stage director; this explains the blocking-heavy aesthetic and dialogue delivered like proclamation.
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