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What Hong Kong film inspired The Departed?

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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background. — Martin Scorsese American film director Martin Scorsese, 2008.

The Departed (2006), directed by Martin Scorsese, was a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime drama Mou gaan dou, known internationally as Infernal Affairs.12