Shangas
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Has anyone seen this movie yet? I watched it several times during recent airline trips, as I've been on holiday, and that's how I found out about the film.
"Shanghai" is about an American spy, Paul Soames, who goes to Shanghai, China, in October of 1941, two months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to meet his best friend (and fellow spy). Paul's friend, Connor, is shot and killed during Paul's first night in Shanghai and before the two get a chance to meet. Paul must then find out who killed Connor and what Connor had discovered that cost him his life.
I'm not sure about historical accuracy, per-se, as the Pacific theatre of WWII isn't my forte, but the film was certainly interesting, and presents Shanghai as a thriving, modern 1940s, international, multicultural metropolis of the East. With the war between the Chinese and the Japanese and the presence of Japanese soldiers in Shanghai combatting the local resistance, tensions run high in a city feeling the pinch of the Japanese, even when they haven't yet formally invaded Shanghai.
"Shanghai" is about an American spy, Paul Soames, who goes to Shanghai, China, in October of 1941, two months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to meet his best friend (and fellow spy). Paul's friend, Connor, is shot and killed during Paul's first night in Shanghai and before the two get a chance to meet. Paul must then find out who killed Connor and what Connor had discovered that cost him his life.
I'm not sure about historical accuracy, per-se, as the Pacific theatre of WWII isn't my forte, but the film was certainly interesting, and presents Shanghai as a thriving, modern 1940s, international, multicultural metropolis of the East. With the war between the Chinese and the Japanese and the presence of Japanese soldiers in Shanghai combatting the local resistance, tensions run high in a city feeling the pinch of the Japanese, even when they haven't yet formally invaded Shanghai.
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