Hidden Man
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	邪不壓正
Simplified Chinese	邪不压正
Transcriptions
Directed by	Jiang Wen
Written by	Jiang Wen He Jiping Li Fei Sun Yue
Based on	Xia Yin by Zhang Beihai
Produced by	Zhou Yun
Starring	Eddie Peng Liao Fan Jiang Wen Zhou Yun Xu Qing
Cinematography	Xie Zhengyu
Edited by	Zhang Qi Cao Weijie Jiang Wen
Music by	Nicolas Errèra
Production companies	Wuxi Zizai Film and Television Company Limited
Distributed by	Wuxi Zizai Film and Television Company Limited
Release date	13 July 2018 (2018-07-13) (China)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	$85,170,581[1]

Hidden Man (Chinese: 邪不压正) is a 2018 Chinese action comedy film co-written and directed by Jiang Wen and starring Eddie Peng, Liao Fan, Jiang Wen, Zhou Yun, and Xu Qing.^[2][3][4][5] The film is an adaptation of Zhang Beihai's wuxia novel Xia Yin. The film was released on July 13, 2018, in China. It was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[6][7]

Cast

Production

Wuxi Zizai Film and Television Company Limited bought the film rights to the wuxia novel Xia Yin (Chinese: 侠隐) written by Zhang Beihai.

The film became the third in a series, with two prequels, Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Gone with the Bullets (2014).^[8]

Filming locations included Xi'an, Beijing, and Yunnan.^[9][10][11]

American actor Kevin Spacey was supposed to appear in a scene, but this was cut after Spacey's sexual assault allegations came to light.^[12]

Release

On May 15, 2018, the producers announced that the film was scheduled for release on July 13, 2018. The film premiered in Beijing on July 10 with wide-release in China on July 13. The film earned $17.9 million on opening day, totaling $46.5 million after three days.^[13]

Awards and nominations