Shanghai is a mystery thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li. The film was released in China on June 17, 2010. It has never been released in the United States. In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American agent from the Naval Intelligence Office arrives in Shanghai to find his friend Conner recently murdered. Determined to find out who killed Conner and why, he begins working at the Herald using the alias Paul Soames, a Nazi-sympathizer cover he used while stationed in Berlin. He meets Anthony Lan-Ting and Captain... Tanaka at the German Consulate during an invitation only event. He later befriends Anthony when he saves Anthony during an attack on Japanese officers by the Chinese Resistance at a night club. Paul realizes that it was Mrs. Lan-Ting who actually organized the attack and decides to help her pass on messages.
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| Release date: | 2010 |
| Directed by: | Mikael Håfström |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mike Medavoy, Barry Mendel, Steven Squillante, David Thwaites, Bob Weinstein, David U. Lee |
| Editor: | Peter Boyle, Kevin Tent |
| Music by: | Gabriel Yared, Klaus Badelt |
| Cinematography: | Benoît Delhomme |
| Screenplay by: | Hossein Amini |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |