Judge Dee - Filmography

Filmography

Judge Dee has been adapted for television twice in English.

• In 1969 Howard Baker produced six Judge Dee stories for Granada Television. These episodes were in black and white and were not a ratings success. The series was criticised for using an English actor, Michael Goodliffe, with unconvincing make-up to play the Judge.
• In 1974 the novel The Haunted Monastery was produced as a television show by Gerald Isenberg with the title Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders. It starred Khigh Dhiegh as Judge Dee and was filmed with an all Asian cast (including Mako, Soon-Tek Oh, Keye Luke and James Hong). Writing was credited to Nicholas Meyer and Robert van Gulik. It was nominated for an Edgar Award, for Best Television Feature or Miniseries in 1975.

Some of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee stories have been adapted for Chinese TV by CCTV. As of 2012, four different DVD series are available with one series so far with English subtitles. CCTV produced series in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. The series from 2010, entitled "Detective Di Renjie" has been produced on DVD by Tai Seng entertainment with English subtitles.

2010 saw the release of Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. The film was directed by Tsui Hark