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The Longest Night in Shanghai

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Original title

Yoru no shanghai (The Longest Night in Shanghai)

Year

2007

Running time

107 min.

Country

China

Director

Zhang Yibai

Screenwriter

Zhang Yibai, Takuji Ushiyama

Cast

Music

John Mark Painter

Cinematography

Yang Tao

Producer

Co-production China-Japan;

Movie-Eye Entertainment, Avex Entertainment, Shanghai Film Studios, Yahoo Japan

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama

Synopsis

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.

Critics' reviews

"A well-paced, fluidly-lensed romantic dramedy with a peachy part for Mainland thesp Vicki Zhao. (...) pic is weakened by a lack of chemistry between the two leads"

Derek Elley: Variety

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