
Too Late(2016)
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.


Au Yeung Wai Yip is a private detective who has been focusing on missing persons and adultery investigations for many years. One day, he received a "special" commission: the owner of the travel agency had asked him to investigate his girlfriend, who happened to be Au Yeung Wai Yip’s wife.Being a private detective, he is used to looking for the truth with cold eyes for his clients, but he finds it difficult to face the truth about their own marriage. Unable to withstand his inner torment, Au Yeung Wai Yip gave up on another ongoing case - a client's search for his missing fiancée - and went to the hotel to catch the adulterer. Unfortunately, the marriage could not be saved in the end, and the client's fiancée was killed after he left. A seemingly ordinary affair turned into a murderous incident!

Louis Koo
Au Yeung Wai Yip

Liu Kuan-ting
Chan Heong Meng

Chrissie Chau Sau-Na
Kuan Weng Sam

Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Clawy

Yumi Wong
Ong Kah Min

Renci Yeung
Betty

Auguste Kwan Tak-Fai
Kek Waai Meng

Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai
Feeble

Cai Xiangyu

Phei Yong
Behind the Shadows is a drama, crime, mystery film released in 2025. Directed by Jonathan Li Tsz-Chun, it stars Louis Koo, Liu Kuan-ting, Chrissie Chau Sau-Na. Au Yeung Wai Yip is a private detective who has been focusing on missing persons and adultery investigations for many years. One day, he received a "special" commission: the owner of the travel agency had asked him to investigate his girlfriend, who happened to be Au Yeung Wai Yip’s wife.Being a private detective, he is used to looking for the truth with cold eyes for his clients, but he finds it difficult to face the truth about their own marriage. Unable to withstand his inner torment, Au Yeung Wai Yip gave up on another ongoing case - a client's search for his missing fiancée - and went to the hotel to catch the adulterer. Unfortunately, the marriage could not be saved in the end, and the client's fiancée was killed after he left. A seemingly ordinary affair turned into a murderous incident!
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