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Directed by
  
Cao Baoping

Screenplay by
  
Cao Baoping Mia Jiao

Music by
  
Bai Shui

Director
  
Cao Baoping

Screenplay
  
Cao Baoping, Huajing Jiao

7.1/10
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Produced by
  
Ye Jinjun Cao Baoping

Based on
  
Sunspot by Xu Yigua

Initial release
  
21 November 2014 (China)

Box office
  
46.75 million USD

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Starring
  
Deng Chao Duan Yihong Guo Tao Wang Luodan

Awards
  
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Screenplay, Hundred Flowers Award for Best Picture

Cast
  
Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Tao Guo, Luodan Wang, Gao Hu

Similar
  
Cock And Bull, The Equation of Love and, Fairy Tale Killer, The Breakup Guru, Trouble Makers

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The Dead End (Chinese: 烈日灼心 Lièrì zhuó xīn) is a 2015 Chinese crime-drama film based on Xu Yigua's novel Sunspot (Chinese: 太阳黑子). The film is directed by Cao Baoping, starring Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Guo Tao, and Wang Luodan. The film was released on August 27, 2015.

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Plot

Seven years after the events of the Water Chamber Murders, newly transferred officer Yi Guchun began to suspect that his assistant police, Xin Xiaofeng, is deeply-tied with the murders.

Cast

  • Deng Chao as Xin Xiaofeng, an assistant police, Tail's adoptive father and one of the three suspects for the murder. Yihong originally auditioned for this role, but he was cast as Guchun instead. During the filming phase, Chao almost suffocated during a scene where his character's leg was supposed to be stuck in an iron fence. He also suffered from insomnia, mental breakdown, depression, claustrophobia for a short while during and after filming.
  • Duan Yihong as Yi Guchun, Guxia's elder brother, a police officer and Xiaofeng's superior.
  • Guo Tao as Yang Zidao, a taxi driver, Tail's adoptive father, Guxia's love interest and one of the three suspects for the murder.
  • Wang Luodan as Yi Guxia, Guchun's younger sister.
  • Jackie Lui as David, a Taiwanese architect and designer.
  • Li Xiaochuan
  • Du Zhiguo
  • Xu Xihan as Tail, the trio's adoptive daughter.
  • Yan Bei
  • Wang Yanhui
  • Bai Liuxi
  • Gao Hu as Chen Bijue, a fisherman, Tail's adoptive father and one of the three suspects for the murder.

    • References

    The Dead End Wikipedia
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