Hong Kong The Silent War is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
听风者
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
Hong Kong × China Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×China titles
Other Titles From Mei Ah Films Production Co. Ltd.
The 2011–2013 Hong Kong Window
The Silent War holds position #24 of 47 Hong Kong films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Silent War premiered alongside 16 others.
Drama + Mystery in Hong Kong
6 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Silent War itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other Hong Kong films in 2012.
The 697th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
28 audience reviews — more than 54% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (54th percentile) outruns trending popularity (37th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Silent War, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- assassination attempt · 3
- secret intelligence service · 2
- morse code · 1
- adult illiteracy · 1
- undercover agent · 11
- blind man · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #589 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #230 of 311 (top 74%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, China |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Mei Ah Films Production Co. Ltd., Wanda Media Co. |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | August 10, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2078768 |