| Port of Call | |
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 Official film poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 踏血尋梅 |
| Simplified Chinese | 踏血寻梅 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tà Xuè Xún Méi |
| Jyutping | Daap6 Hyut3 Cam4 Mui4 |
| Directed by | Philip Yung |
| Screenplay by | Philip Yung |
| Produced by | Julia Chu |
| Starring | Aaron Kwok Elaine Jin Patrick Tam |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Edited by | Philip Yung Chu Ka-yat |
| Music by | Ding Ke |
Production companies | Mei Ah Film Production Golden Gate Productions |
| Distributed by | Mei Ah Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | US$5 million [1] |
| Box office | US$1.25 million [2] |
Port of Call is a 2015 Hong Kong crime thriller film written, edited and directed by Philip Yung and starring Aaron Kwok as a veteran police detective who solving a murder mystery with unusual methods to prove his belief of virtue in human nature. The film is based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16-year-old female prostitute was found in Hong Kong in 2008. [3] Port of Call was the closing film at the 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 6 April 2015. [4] [5] [6] The film was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 3 December 2015. Port of Call won seven awards at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards including acting awards Best Actor for Kwok, Best Actress for Jessie Li, Best Supporting Actress for Elaine Jin, Best Supporting Actor and Best New Performer, both for Michael Ning, as well as Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, while also nominated for six other awards. The film also won many other awards and nominations at the Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards and Asian Film Awards. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. [7] [8]