"Detective Chinatown 3" to hit Chinese cinemas on Spring Festival

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- "Detective Chinatown 3," the latest production of the "Detective Chinatown" film franchise, will hit the big screen in China on Jan. 25, the Spring Festival and first day of the Chinese lunar New Year.

Starring actors Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran, the comedy movie tells a mysterious story of the protagonists heading to Tokyo to track down the suspects of a mysterious murder.

The film also features many international movie stars including Masami Nagasawa, Tomokazu Miura and Honami Suzuki.

The previous production of the sequel "Detective Chinatown 2" raked in about 3.4 billion yuan (487 million U.S. dollars) on the Chinese mainland.