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Shanghai
Shanghai is a 2010 American neo-noir political thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li. It was released in China on June 17, 2010.
Plot
In December 1941, just before the entry of the United States into World War II, an American agent from the Naval Intelligence Office arrives in Shanghai to find his friend Conner was recently murdered. Determined to find out who killed Conner and why, he begins working at The Herald newspaper using the alias Paul Soames, a Nazi-sympathizer cover he used while stationed in Berlin. He meets Anthony Lan-Ting, an influential crime lord, and Captain Tanaka (Ken Watanabe) at the German embassy in Shanghai, during an invitation-only event. He later befriends Anthony when he saves him during an attack on Japanese officers by the Chinese Resistance at a night club.
More details
| author | Hossein Amini |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Shanghai Thailand |
| director | Mikael Håfström |
| editor | Kevin Tent Peter Boyle |
| genre | drama mystery political thriller |
| keywords | aircraft carrier arrest attack on pearl harbor attacking pearl harbor berlin betray burn crime lord hide invasion of shanghai japanese aircraft carrier kaga japanese girl kill meet murder naval intelligence naval intelligence office night club office of naval intelligence pearl harbor safe house search world war ii wound |
| musicBy | Klaus Badelt |
| producer | Barry Mendel David U. Lee Mike Medavoy |
| publisher | The Weinstein Company |
| recordedAt | Bangkok |
| theme | death neo-noir political thriller spy war |