The Shadow Play
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The Shadow Play is a Chinese crime thriller film directed by Lou Ye that delves into corruption and moral ambiguity in contemporary urban China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shadow Play canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7771708 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadow Play Context triple: [Ma Sichun, notableWork, The Shadow Play]
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A.
The Shadow Waltz
"The Shadow Waltz" is a memorable musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Gold Diggers of 1933*, noted for its elaborate choreography and use of neon-lit violins.
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B.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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C.
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Michael Cristofer that explores the emotional lives of terminally ill patients and their families in a hospice setting.
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D.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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E.
Shadows in the Night
Shadows in the Night is a work by Jack Frost, likely a creative piece such as a novel, film, or musical recording known within his body of work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadow Play Target entity description: The Shadow Play is a Chinese crime thriller film directed by Lou Ye that delves into corruption and moral ambiguity in contemporary urban China.
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A.
The Shadow Waltz
"The Shadow Waltz" is a memorable musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Gold Diggers of 1933*, noted for its elaborate choreography and use of neon-lit violins.
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B.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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C.
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Michael Cristofer that explores the emotional lives of terminally ill patients and their families in a hospice setting.
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D.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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E.
Shadows in the Night
Shadows in the Night is a work by Jack Frost, likely a creative piece such as a novel, film, or musical recording known within his body of work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
ⓘ
crime thriller film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| director | Lou Ye ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | Berlin International Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Guangzhou
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Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Jing Boran
ⓘ
Ma Sichun ⓘ Qin Hao ⓘ Song Jia ⓘ Zhang Songwen ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipIssues | true ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption
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moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
exposure of political and business collusion
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investigation of a suspicious death ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary Chinese cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Lou Ye ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Dream Factory ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 129 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Lou Ye ⓘ |
| sectionScreened | Panorama ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary urban China ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shadow Play Description of subject: The Shadow Play is a Chinese crime thriller film directed by Lou Ye that delves into corruption and moral ambiguity in contemporary urban China.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.