Name: Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Costume & Period
Released: 2013-09-28
Rating: 9.3
Cast: Mark Chao, Feng Shao Feng, Lin Geng Xin, Kim Beom, Angelababy

Mark Chao is a Taiwanese actor and model. He was born in Taipei on September 25, 1984 and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2009. Since then, he has taken on roles in various films and television dramas, including “Love” (2012), “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013), and “Eternal Love” (2017).

Mark Chao

Dee Ren Jie

Feng Shao Feng is the stage name of Feng Wei, a veteran Chinese actor who is among the elite few stars whose films have grossed more than 1 billion yuan at the Chinese box office. Born on October 7, 1978, he began his acting career in 2001 after graduating from the Shanghai Theater Academy in 2001. Some of his most memorable roles include the television dramas “Beauty’s Rival in Palace” (2010), “Girl in Blue” (2010), “The Emperor’s Harem” (2011) and “Ice Fantasy” (2016), as well as the films “White Vengeance” (2011), “Divergence” (2012), “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” (2012), “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (2013), “Dragon Blade” (2015), “The Monkey King 2” (2016) and “The Starry Night, The Starry Sea” (2017).

Feng Shao Feng

Yu Chi Zhen Jin

Lin Geng Xin is a Chinese actor. Born on February 13, 1988, he also goes by Lin Gengxin and Kenny Lin. He made his acting debut in the 2009 film “The Blue Cornflower” but it was the 2011 television series “Scarlet Heart” that made him a star throughout Asia. Lin Geng Xin has starred in many popular films and television dramas since, including “Xuan Yuan Sword: Rift of the Sky” (2012), “Dancing Legend” (2013), “God of War, Zhao Yun” (2016) and “Princess Agents” (2017).

Lin Geng Xin

Sha Tuo Zhong

Kim Bum is a popular South Korean actor, singer and model. Born on July 7, 1989, his given name is Kim Sang Bum. At the age of 17, he participated in the “Survival Star Audition” reality show and placed sixth out of hundreds of contestants. Although he was not able to continue in the competition because the show was geared toward actors in their 20s, Kim Bum caught the eye of producers, and he began acting in many popular television dramas. His breakout role was his role as So Yi Jung in the hit drama series “Boys Over Flowers,” and he has gone on to star in many other popular dramas, including “Dream” (2009), “That Winter, The Wind Blow” (2013) and “Jung Yi, Goddess of Fire” (2013) and “Hidden Identity” (2015). As a singer, Kim Bum released one studio album in 2012.

Kim Beom

Yuan Zhen

Angelababy, also known as Yeung Wing or Yang Ying, is a Chinese model, actress, and singer based in Hong Kong. She was born on February 28, 1989, in Shanghai, China, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of thirteen to pursue her modeling career. She made her acting debut in 2007, focusing mostly on film until 2014 when she joined the cast of “Keep Running”, the Chinese spin-off of the original Korean variety show, “Running Man”. In 2015, she made her first appearance in a television drama. Since then she has taken on various roles, from supporting characters to leads in both dramas and films including, “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013), “General and I” (2017), “Entrepreneurial Age” (2018), “Love the Way You Are” (2022), and “Divine Destiny” (2023).

Angelababy

Yin Rui Ji

Carina Lau is an award-winning Chinese actress and singer. She was on December 8, 1964, in China and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 15 to pursue an acting career. She made her acting debut in the 1984 television series “The Duke of Mount Deer” and then shot to fame after appearing in the series “Looking Back in Anger” (1989), one of the most-watched shows of all time. She has enjoyed a prolific career in both films and television dramas since. One of her most well-known roles is as the Empress Wu Zi Tian in Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee films, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” (2010), “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013) and “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” (2018). Carina Lau also released three music albums in the mid-1990s. Carina Lau married Hong Kong actor Tony Leung in 2008.

Carina Lau

Wu Ze Tian

Chen Kun is a celebrated Chinese actor, singer and author. Born on February 4, 1976, he made his acting debut in the 1999 film “The National Anthem” and then rose to fame with his role in the 2001 television drama “Love in Shanghai.” Other famous roles include the films “The Knot” (2006), “Painted Skin” (2008), “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” (2012) and “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013). Chen Kun sang many of the soundtracks to his television dramas and also released three studio albums. He established his own agency, K Pictures, in 2010 and founded a charity called Power to Go, which promotes a healthy lifestyle by encouraging people to go outdoors and walk. As an author, he has written many books, becoming the first actor to make China’s Writers Rich List.

Chen Kun

Wang Bo

Huayi Brothers

Will his first case be his last?

Detective Dee Ren Jie (Mark Chao) arrives in the capital city of Luoyang to work as an officer of the law, known as the Da Lisi. A sea monster has been terrorizing the town, and city officials have chosen the most beautiful courtesan, Yin Rui Ji (Angelababy), to be offered as a sacrifice to the sea monster. Empress Wu Ze Tian (Carina Lau) demands that Yu Chi Zhen Jin (Feng Shao Feng), the Chief Minister of Da Lisi, investigate the sea monster or he himself will be executed. 

When Detective Dee saves Rui Ji from being sacrificed to the sea monster, he is imprisoned by Yu Chi. Sha Tuo Zhong (Lin Geng Xin), the prison doctor, helps Dee escape from prison and investigate the mysterious sea monster. 

When the sea monster is somehow tied to Yuan Zhen (Kim Bum), Rui Ji’s lover, can the two lovers help Detective Dee uncover the sinister conspiracy that leads straight to the Imperial family?

“Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” is a 2013 Chinese drama series produced, directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. It is a prequel to Tsui’s 2010 hit film “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.” The film was followed by the sequel “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” (2018).

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

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