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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon(2013)
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Chinese
134MinutesDuration
In ancient China, Young Detective Dee is appointed by the Emperor to solve a series of mysterious events in the Sea Dragon's Palace.
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Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.
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