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.
06-10-2010
1h 45m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Mikael Håfström
Writer:
Hossein Amini
Production:
Living Films, Phoenix Pictures, TWC Asian Film Fund, The Weinstein Company
Revenue:
$15,302,850
Budget:
$50,000,000
Key Crew
Sound Editor:
Zhao Nan
Prosthetics:
Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Executive Producer:
Wang Zhongjun
Co-Producer:
Christophe Tseng
Executive Producer:
Kelly Carmichael
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
CN; US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
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