The Embers

The Embers (2024)

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In 2006, Detective Chang leads a police investigation into a murder committed in a public marketplace. Chang discovers the victim's father has ties to several other families with dead or missing members, and a grim espionage case buried for 50 years in Taiwan's past. Meanwhile, the kidnapped Mr. Hsu is interrogated by a mysterious mastermind. As the truth emerges, the embers of history become a deadly wildfire.

Date of release
2024-11-15
Runtime
2h 42m
Genres
Drama
Director
Chung Mong-hong

Casting

Interesting facts

The Embers is a 2024 Taiwanese crime drama film directed by Chung Mong-hong. The film features an ensemble cast led by Chang Chen and Mo Tzu-yi, along with Tiffany Ann Hsu, Chin Shih-chieh, Liu Kuan-ting, Nina Paw, Chen Yi-wen, Wang Po-chieh, and Frederick Lee. It explores Taiwan's history through the story of a police detective (Chang) and an orphaned child (Mo) investigating his father's death while uncovering mysteries from Taiwan's past.

Production

After completing The Falls (2021), director Chung Mong-hong teased the development of an upcoming project focused on Taiwan's history and political situation in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in September 2021, where he was working on the screenplay at that time and planned to begin filming in the summer or fall of 2022.

Principal photography wrapped up in August 2023, with Chang Chen, Chen Yi-wen, Chin Shih-chieh, Liu Kuan-ting, and Mo Tzu-yi announced as part of the cast. An official trailer was released on 13 September 2024, with Tiffany Ann Hsu, Nina Paw, Wang Po-chieh, and Frederick Lee revealed to be in lead roles. Esther Huang was announced to be part of the ensemble in the same month.

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