Mr. Six (film)

Mr. Six
Poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese老炮兒
Simplified Chinese老炮儿
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǎopào'ér
Directed byGuan Hu
Written byDong Runnian
Produced byWang Zhonglei
Starring
CinematographyPan Lou
Edited byWen Zhang
Music byPeng Dou
Production
company
Release dates
  • 12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) (Venice)
  • 24 December 2015 (2015-12-24) (China)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$139 million[2][3]

Mr. Six (Chinese: 老炮儿) (previously known as Fading Wave) is a 2015 Chinese crime drama film directed by Guan Hu and written by Dong Runnian. It stars Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Hanyu, Xu Qing, Li Yifeng and Kris Wu.[4] The film closed the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in an out-of-competition screening.[5] Mr. Six was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] Mr. Six was released on 24 December 2015 in China.[7]

On 22 November 2015, Feng Xiaogang, won the Best Actor Award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards for his performance in Mr. Six.[8]

  1. ^ "MR. SIX (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Mr. Six". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (5 January 2016). "China Box Office: 'Detective Chinatown' Wins Weekend, 'Mr. Six' Shows Staying Power". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ Heidi Hsia (19 December 2014). "Feng Xiaogang returns to acting through "Fading Wave"". Yahoo.
  5. ^ Ariston Anderson (29 July 2014). "Venice Film Festival Unveils Star-Studded Lineup for 72nd Edition".
  6. ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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  8. ^ "Mainland director wins best leading actor award in Taiwan". Chinadaily. 22 November 2015.