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Shanghai

Shanghai

In a world filled with secrets, solving a mystery can be murder.

2010•1h 45m•6.1/10
DramaThrillerMystery

Ratings

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6.1/10(183)

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

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Production

Living Films, Phoenix Pictures, TWC Asian Film Fund, The Weinstein Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

John Cusack

John Cusack

Paul Soames

Gong Li

Gong Li

Anna Lan-Ting

Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat

Anthony Lan-Ting

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Tanaka

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Conner

David Morse

David Morse

Richard Astor

Franka Potente

Franka Potente

Leni Müller

Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville

Ben Sanger

Andy On Chi-Kit

Andy On Chi-Kit

Yum

Race Wong

Race Wong

Cabaret performer

Rosanne Wong

Rosanne Wong

Cabaret performer

Michael Culkin

Michael Culkin

Billy

Hon Ping Tang

Hon Ping Tang

Chen

Benedict Wong

Benedict Wong

Juso Kita

Christopher Buchholz

Christopher Buchholz

Karl Müller

Ronan Vibert

Ronan Vibert

Mikey

Nicholas Rowe

Nicholas Rowe

Ralph

Gemma Chan

Gemma Chan

Shin Shin

Yennis Cheung

Yennis Cheung

Sanger's Girlfriend

Leigh Barwell

Leigh Barwell

Burlesque Dancer

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