The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel (2013)

Original title

厨子戏子痞子

Directed by

Guan Hu

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

M

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1942 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, three men in Beiping capture two Japanese scientists. They cannot agree on what to do with them.

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What happens

The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel is a 2013 Chinese comedy film directed by Guan Hu, starring Liu Ye, Zhang Hanyu and Huang Bo. The film is meant to be "mass entertainment", in the words of Guan, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film is set in 1942, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Much of the plot revolves around the fates of two Japanese scientists who are captured in Beiping (Beijing) by the three title characters, who have trouble deciding what to do with them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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