The 5th Empty Shell

This film (drama)Also known as第5个空弹壳，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2004Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating0.0(For reference only)。

Twenty years ago, the criminal police officer Tian Zhiping adopted the daughter of the criminal Wei Zi, whom he had arrested, named Xiao Mei, and married her mother, Bu Yuqin. After twenty years, Xiao Mei, who grew up in the cradle, has no idea that Tian Zhiping is not her biological father, and the family lives in love and harmony. Wei Zi, sentenced to life imprisonment, is determined to rehabilitate himself and strive for early release. After being released, he intends to find his beloved wife Bu Yuqin and daughter to live a peaceful life. When Wei Zi is left with just six months of his sentence, he learns from a newly incarcerated inmate, Li Sanbao, that his wife and daughter are now living with Tian Zhiping, the officer who arrested him. His character begins to twist, and he can no longer endure the remaining time of his sentence; he kills to escape from prison, returning to the city to find his wife and daughter and to carry out a revenge plan against Tian Zhiping. After twenty years in prison, Wei Zi feels unfamiliar with the city. He finds his former accomplice, Chen Zaiyong, who is now in the housing agent business. Through Chen Zaiyong’s introduction, Wei Zi finds the gun smuggler Cai Datou and buys a gun from him. Wei Zi moves through the city like a ghost. To divert attention, he selectively kills his enemies. The police, having seen the wanted notice online, are hunting for Wei Zi throughout the city under the command of Hu Chao. At this time, however, Wei Zi is involved in an affair with Guanyan Qiu, the wife of Hu Chao who just divorced him, and the owner of a beauty salon. In a critical moment of the hunt for Wei Zi, Guanyan Qiu, blinded by love, helps Wei Zi escape from danger. Wei Zi designs to save the barber Qiao Xiaohui because Qiao Xiaohui is in a passionate relationship with his biological daughter Xiao Mei, and Wei Zi wants to use Qiao Xiaohui to get close to his daughter. Chen Zaiyong, Wei Zi's former accomplice, feels threatened by him and decides to strike first, but he is killed by Wei Zi. Mother Bu Yuqin wants to completely forget everything that happened twenty years ago, but Xiao Mei, through a chance event, begins to suspect her background. When she confronts her mother, who has always been gentle, Bu Yuqin suddenly erupts in rage, which increases her daughter’s suspicions. Determined to uncover the truth about her identity, Xiao Mei investigates and confirms that Tian Zhiping is not her biological father. Due to Tian Zhiping's concern for his daughter's safety, it leads to a fierce conflict between them. Wei Zi meets Xiao Mei through Qiao Xiaohui. Xiao Mei regards Wei Zi as a mentor and shares her worries with him. Wei Zi, filled with paternal love, always listens to Xiao Mei's confessions. With Wei Zi's hints and her boyfriend Qiao Xiaohui's investigations, Xiao Mei discovers that Wei Zi is her father and learns the truth about him being a murderer. She finds herself in extreme conflict regarding her biological father. She reflects on the selfless love that her adoptive father, Tian Zhiping, has shown her over the past twenty years, and in the moment her biological father kills her biological mother, she fully awakens and begins to worry about her adoptive father, Tian Zhiping. Danger repeatedly arises in front of Wei Zi and Tian Zhiping but is resolved each time. When the time for Wei Zi's revenge comes, on the road where Tian Zhiping frequently picks up his daughter, in the dark of night, Wei Zi raises his gun toward Tian Zhiping... a clear gunshot rings out, struck by his biological daughter’s hand, ringing the death knell for him.