The Longest Night in Shanghai
2007 · Movie · 107 min. · China
City of Shanghai, China. A Japanese top make-up artist and hairstylist Naoki Mizushima (Masahiro MOTOKI) suddenly knocked over by a bashed-up taxi, recklessly driven by a female-driver Linshi (Wei Zhao, AKA Vicki ZHAO). Mizushima is surprisingly safe. He accepts her passionate proposal and gets into her cab. Not understanding a word of Chinese, he thinks she is being kind and offering him a free guided tour of Shanghai. In fact, Linshi is thinking that "All foreigners are suckers", and that she can make a fast buck from her unexpected fare. So begins their "misguided" tour of Shanghai… Meanwhile, Mizushima's colleagues are in a turmoil by his sudden disappearance. His manager and long time partner Miho (Naomi NISHIDA) and slightly dubious advertising agent Yamaoka (Naoto TAKENAKA), plus the interpreter Shoshin (Sam LEE) all set off into nighttime Shanghai in search of him.
Direction Zhang Yibai
Cast Zhao Wei · Masahiro Motoki · Naomi Nishida · Takashi Tsukamoto · Naoto Takenaka · Dylan Kuo · Sôkô Wada · Sam Lee · Shinobu Otsuka · Li Feng · Zhang Xinyi
Soundtrack John Mark Painter
Screenplay Zhang Yibai · Takuji Ushiyama
Cinematography Yang Tao
Original title Yoru no shanghai (The Longest Night in Shanghai)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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