Ma Shan (played by Jiang Wen) is a protagonist in The Missing Gun.
A war veteran serving as a small-town policeman, Ma Shan is the film's central figure. After waking from a drunken night to discover his issued gun missing, he searches the town, loses his uniform, investigates a murder, and confronts the avenger responsible. His pursuit is driven by duty, pride, and the need to recover the weapon. Li Xiaomeng (played by Ning Jing) appears in The Missing Gun.
Li Xiaomeng is Ma Shan's former lover, who once moved to Guangzhou after marrying but has since returned. She answers the door when Ma visits the home she shares with Zhou, claiming that Zhou is absent. She later becomes the victim of a shooting carried out with Ma's missing gun, linking her directly to the central mystery. Han Xiaoyun (played by Wu Yujuan) appears in The Missing Gun.
Han Xiaoyun is Ma Shan's wife. After Ma discovers that his issued gun has disappeared following the wedding banquet, he checks that she has not taken it. Her role is limited in the available plot summary, but she is established as part of Ma's family and as someone he consults while beginning his search for the missing weapon.
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Characters
Ma Shan
(played by Jiang Wen) — protagonist
A war veteran serving as a small-town policeman, Ma Shan is the film's central figure. After waking from a drunken night to discover his issued gun missing, he searches the town, loses his uniform, in...
Li Xiaomeng
(played by Ning Jing) — supporting
Li Xiaomeng is Ma Shan's former lover, who once moved to Guangzhou after marrying but has since returned. She answers the door when Ma visits the home she shares with Zhou, claiming that Zhou is absen...
Han Xiaoyun
(played by Wu Yujuan) — supporting
Han Xiaoyun is Ma Shan's wife. After Ma discovers that his issued gun has disappeared following the wedding banquet, he checks that she has not taken it. Her role is limited in the available plot summ...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Ma Shan → Li Xiaomeng
(Romantic Former Lovers)
Li Xiaomeng is explicitly described as Ma Shan's former lover. When Ma Shan visits the suspect's home, Li Xiaomeng answers the door and claims that th...
Ma Shan → Han Xiaoyun
(Family Wife)
The plot identifies Han Xiaoyun as Ma Shan's wife. After discovering the missing gun, Ma Shan checks whether she or their son has taken it.
Story Analysis
A disgraced policeman's search for a lost weapon exposes crime, revenge, and an ambiguous boundary between survival and hallucination.
