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Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025)
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Original name: 唐探1900
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people demanded the closure of Chinatown.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, grim, buddy comedy, action comedy, period drama
Plot:
murder, investigation, racial tension, whodunit, suspect, xenophobia, civil unrest, justice, immigration, false accusation, police procedural, conspiracy, corruption, slow burn, chinatown
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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