K-pop meets murder mystery in neon-soaked Kowloon — who's the real killer?
Korean foreign exchange student Kim Yong-Dong (Seung-Ri) studies in Hong Kong and works part-time at a hotel. A murder then takes place in the hotel and Kim Yong-Dong is the prime suspect. Hajime Kindaichi (Ryosuke Yamada) works to uncover the truth.
Cinematography
Kowloon's neon chaos becomes a character itself
Acting
SEUNGRI's fish-out-of-water desperation actually lands
Production
Practical Hong Kong locations over green screen
Director
Hisashi Kimura
Ryosuke Yamada
Kindaichi Hajime
Haruna Kawaguchi
Nanase Miyuki/Yang Lan
Wu Chun
Detective Li Bai Long
SEUNGRI
Kim Longdong
Kenta Kiritani
Ryuta Takigawa
Daiki Arioka
Saki Ryuji
Vivian Hsu
Liu Aibi
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
Wang Long
Koji Yano
Chan Yong Fu/Frank
Kouki Mizuta
Takeru Sakuma
Sachiko Fukumoto
Yang Meiqin
Kazuaki Hankai
Old man's voice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual Kowloon Walled City-inspired locations just before major Hong Kong redevelopment erased them. The production essentially preserved a vanishing urban landscape.
SEUNGRI learned Cantonese phonetically for his role and reportedly couldn't understand his own lines during filming — the confusion you see is partly genuine.
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