Shanghai (2008 film)

Infobox Film
name = Shanghai


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director = Mikael Håfström
producer = Mike Medavoy Barry Mendel Jake Myers
writer = Hossein Amini
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starring = John Cusack Ken Watanabe Gong Li Chow Yun-Fat
music = Gabriel Yared
cinematography = Benoît Delhomme
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distributor = The Weinstein Company
released = December 25, 2008
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country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 1092634 Shanghai is a 2008 remakeFact|date=June 2008 of the 1935 thriller mystery film Shanghai, starring John Cusack and Ken Watanabe.

Plot Details

In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man arrives in Shanghai to find his friend recently murdered. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/11/27/john-cusack-and-mikael-hafstrom-together-again-in-shanghai/|title=John Cusack and Mikael Hafstrom Together Again in Shanghai|last=Billington|first=Alex|date=2007-11-27|publisher=FirstShowing.net|accessdate=2008-06-05]

Cast

*"'John Cusack Paul Soames
*"'Gong Li Anna Lan-Ting
*"'Chow Yun-Fat Anthony Lan Ting
*"' Ken Watanabe
*"' Franka Potente
*"'Rinko Kikuchi

Production

Shooting began on location in Shanghai, but the shooting permit was revoked shortly thereafter, forcing the producers to shoot in Bangkok and United Kingdom.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=1092634|title=Shanghai