CN Entertainment have announced the HK DVD and Blu-Ray releases of 'Shanghai' for the 4th November, 2010. Directed by Mikael Hafstrom ('1408'), the film revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbour due to the death of his friend.
Synopsis
Set in 1941 on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the big-budget period action thriller revolves around American spy Paul Soames (John Cusack), who arrives in Japanese-occupied Shanghai to investigate the mysterious murder of his friend. His quest for the truth ultimately leads him to Shanghai's underworld kingpin Anthony Lan-Ting (Chow Yun Fat), who has some suspicious dealings with Japanese intelligence officer, Captain Tanaka (Watanabe Ken). Falling for the powerful mob boss's beautiful wife Anna (Gong Li), Paul finds himself in grave danger as he gets entangled in an intricate web of lies and conspiracies...
Artwork and trailer are below, and you can preorder both versions now from YesAsia.com.
