Manhunt
Manhunt (simplified Chinese: 追捕; traditional Chinese; 追捕; pinyin; Zhuībǔ) is a 2017 action thriller film co-written and directed by John Woo, produced by Gordon Chan, and starring Zhang Hanyu, Masaharu Fukuyama, Qi Wei, Ha Ji-won, and Jun Kunimura. The Chinese-Hong Kong co-production is an adaptation of the Japanese novel Kimi yo Funnu no Kawa o Watare by Juko Nishimura, which was previously adapted in a 1976 film of the same name. Woo decided to develop an adaptation to commemorate the film's star Ken Takakura, who had become a cultural icon in China after the film was the first to be released in China following the Cultural Revolution.
Plot
Du Qiu is a Chinese attorney employed by Osaka-based Tenjin Pharmaceuticals, having successfully defended the company against numerous high-profile lawsuits. About to be relocated to the United States by his management, Qiu attends a party where Tenjin President Yoshihiro Sakai appoints his son, Hiroshi, as the new head of research-and-development. Qiu briefly meets a half-Chinese woman, Mayumi, but loses track of her. Sakai tells a mysterious woman to seduce Qiu into remaining in Japan. She dances with him at the party then sneaks to his house before he arrives later.
More details
author | Gordon Chan Ho Miu Ki Itaru Era James Yuen Maria Wong Sophie Yeh |
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contentLocation | Japan |
director | John Woo |
editor | Lee Ka Wah |
genre | action thriller |
keywords | ambush capture car wreck classify construction site drug addiction falsely accused fight flee force gunshot wound injured jet ski kill lose meet mysterious woman nail gun remote farm shinkansen shoot sniper rifle steal subway station survive test subject track down train station walk wedding day |
musicBy | Tarō Iwashiro |
producer | Gordon Chan |
productionCompany | China Film Media Asia Media Asia Audio Video Distribution Shenzhen Murmur Culture Communications |
theme | japanese |