A Simple Noodle Story

Sun Honglei in the 2009 A Simple Noodle Shop

Title in Chinese –三枪拍案惊
Title in Pinyin – San Qian Pai An Qi
Genre – Comedy & Thriller
Subject/theme – A noodle shop boss hires a thug to kill his wife and her lover
Language – Mandarin
Region – China
Release date
China – 11 December 2009
Hong Kong – 24 December 2009
Germany 14 February 2010
USA – 3 September 2010
Movie Runtime – 95 minutes
Director – Zhang Yimou
Cast & Role Played
Sun Honglei – Zhang, corrupt cop
Ni Dahong – Wang, noodle shop boss
Xiao Shenyang – Li, Wang's employee
Yan Ni – Wang's wife
Story
Wang is the miserable boss of a noodle shop who suspects his wife of cheating with his employee Li. He hires a crooked police offer Zhang to confirm his wife's infidelity and then kill his wife and her lover Li. Zhang however has his own plans and agenda and chaos, betrayal, murder and mayhem erupt.
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