The Missing Gun
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Provincial policeman Ma Shan wakes one morning and discovers that his gun is missing. Extremely agitated, he retraces the events of the previous night a cousin's wedding where everyone, himself included, was too drunk to recall anything. One by one he confronts many of the townsfolk, but this only reveals that Ma Shan's perceptions and memories have betrayed him. When his former love, who has unexpectedly returned home, is killed by a bullet from Ma Shan's gun he is arrested. Relying on his wits, Ma Shan turns the tables on his accusers and lays a trap in the hope of catching the person who has stolen his gun.
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Released in United States 2003
Released in United States January 2003
Released in United States on Video May 4, 2004
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) January 16-26, 2003.
Shown at the New Directors/New Films series of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, March 26 - April 6, 2003.
Mandarin with English subtitles
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at the New Directors/New Films series of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, March 26 - April 6, 2003.)
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) January 16-26, 2003.)
Released in United States on Video May 4, 2004
