Su Ke is a Chinese professor and actor. He was born in Beijing, China, on December 20, 1972, and made his acting debut in 1993. Since then, he has appeared in a handful of films and a number of television dramas, including “The Long River” (2022). After graduating first in his class from the Beijing Film Academy, he chose to stay on as professor, and continues to teach to this day.

Su Ke

When a wealthy and corrupt businessman is found dead, the procurator’s office is called into action. With an impressive set of skills and a strong sense of fairness, lead procurator Qu Sheng (Johnny Huang) is determined to bring the victim’s murderer to justice. But when his ex, Tong Yu Chen (Bai Bai He) is brought in as the defense attorney, the case takes on a whole new level of complicated.

As a university professor, Xia Wei (Wang Li Kun) has had to deal with a lot of unexpected things, but when one of her students commits suicide during a lecture, Xia Wei is shaken to her core. As if having a student die in class isn’t bad enough, Xia Wei soon finds herself accused of murdering wealthy businessman Chen Xin (Bao Bei Er), a man who had unseemly connections with her deceased student. Unable to handle the charges brought against her on her own, Xia Wei seeks the help of Procurator Tong Yu Chen.

On a quest to find the truth, procurators Qu Sheng and Tong Yu Chen dig deep into the connections between their respective clients and the deceased. Following a trail of twisted connections, what will the procurators do when the history they’ve been chasing finally catches up with them?

A sleek, sometimes violent thriller, “The Procurator” is a 2023 Chinese crime mystery film directed by Alan Mak.

The Procurator

In the fifteenth year of his reign, Emperor Kang Xi (Luo Jin) was forced to overcome the greatest challenge of his young life when his empire was nearly washed away by the raging current of the Yellow River. Having recently experienced a bout of uncommonly heavy rainfall, the mighty swollen river began to spill over its banks. Washing away home, destroying crops, and taking countless lives, the people of Kang Xi’s empire turned to him for guidance, certain their mighty leader would know how to save them.

Unable to find a solution to the problems at hand, Kang Xi decided to recruit the empire’s brightest individuals into his service. Setting up a series of civil service examinations, candidates from across the empire came, hoping to secure a place by the Emperor’s side. Among these hopefuls was Chen Huang (Yin Fang), a bright young man with a head full of ideas and the confidence needed to turn them into action.

Passing the Emperor’s rigorous tests, Chen Huang and his colleagues were tasked with finding a solution to the problems plaguing those most affected by the raging Yellow River. With countless lives on the line, will the Emperor and his new team of advisors find a way to save their people before it’s too late?

A story of hope in the face of disaster, “The Long River” is a 2022 Chinese historical drama directed by Zhang Ting.

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