Into the Tiger's Den

Creative Statement

This is the story of a bastard who decides to be a good man.

Synopsis

When he was young and reckless, You Donghai served six years in prison over a death. Whether by fate or by chance, the widow in that case, Feng Wei, and her daughter Yang Yue become connected with the death of his younger brother. Yet in his entanglement with Feng Wei, feelings have long since grown between them. You Donghai has to make a choice.

Genre:

Mystery, Crime, Family

Director/Screenwriter:

Duan Yilang

Producer:

Dun He

Production Company:

Shanghai Turan Pictures Co., Ltd.

About the Director/Screenwriter

Duan Yilang: Master of Film Arts from Shanghai University. In 2017 Duan completed a first feature, Xiliu Bay, on a low budget; it was selected for the main competition of the 11th FIRST International Film Festival. In 2019, his film project Knowing There Are Tigers in the Mountain won the Best Young Director Film Project Award of the Wu Tianming Film Fund and is now in development.

About the Producer

Dun He: producer and screenwriter. In 2014, Gone with the Bullets, which Dun He co-wrote, was selected for the main competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2015 Dun He founded Turan Pictures, whose productions include Send Me to the Clouds, The Boy and the Sea, Wind and Waves and Moses on the Plain.

About the Production Company

Shanghai Turan Pictures Co., Ltd.: founded by producer Dun He in 2015. Its productions include Send Me to the Clouds, selected for the Asian New Talent Award section of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival; The Boy and the Sea, selected for the New Currents competition of the 24th Busan International Film Festival; Wind and Waves, selected for the Golden Goblet Award main competition of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival; and Moses on the Plain, selected for the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Logline

My brother is dead, but the police say the killer may have killed the wrong man.