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==Profile==<br />
* '''Movie:''' The Drummer<br />
* '''Chinese:''' Jin. gwu (戰·鼓)<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Kenneth Bi]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Kenneth Bi]]<br />
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* '''Cinematographer'''<br />
* '''Release Date:''' October 11, 2007<br />
* '''Runtime:''' 118 min.<br />
* '''Language:''' Hong Kong<br />
* '''Country:''' Cantonese<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Cocky Sid insults Ma in front of the latter's men, leading Ma to demand both of Sid's hands on a platter from Sid's father, Kwan (Tony Leung Ka-fai), who runs a rival gang but owes Ma a favor. Kwan tracks down Sid and dispatches him for safety to Taiwan, in the company of deputy gang leader Chiu (Roy Cheung).<br />
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Third reel finds bored Sid and ever-watchful Chiu in a Taiwanese village, above which Sid one day finds a reclusive community of Zen drummers who also practice tai chi and martial arts. Mesmerized by their open-air exercises, Sid asks to join -- and is tentatively accepted. He's equally mesmerized by their most junior member, Hong Dou (Lee Sinje, aka Angelica Lee, from "The Eye"), but she coquettishly snubs him.<br />
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Bi injects a fair measure of light comedy, leavening the gangster material and also making Sid a likeable ne'er-do-well. Latter's inauguration into the live-rough community is handled with charm and humor, and tight editing (with copious fadeouts) keeps things moving along. By never taking itself too seriously, pic manages to stir a spiritual element -- the mystical properties of traditional drumming -- into what is basically a genre movie. <br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Jaycee Chan]] - Sid<br />
* [[Tony Leung Ka Fai]] - Kwan<br />
* [[Angelica Lee]] - Hong Dou<br />
'''Supporting Roles'''<br />
* [[Roy Cheung]] - Ah Chiu<br />
* [[Josie Ho]] - Sina<br />
* [[Kenneth Tsang]] - Stephen Ma<br />
* [[Yumiko Cheng]] - Carmen<br />
* [[Ruo-yu Liu]] - Lan Jie<br />
* [[Chih-chun Huang]] - Sifu<br />
* [[Glen Chin]] - Uncle Tak<br />
* [[Ken Lo]] - Long<br />
* [[Eugenia Yuan]] - Kwan's wife<br />
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==Trailer==<br />
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==Film Festivals==<br />
* [[2007 (8th) TOKYO FILMeX]] - November 17th-25th - Competition Section<br />
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* [http://lunapark6.com/the-drummer.html Movie Review -- Lunapark6]<br />
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