Shanghai
In a world filled with secrets, solving a mystery can be murder.
DramaThrillerMysteryshanghai, chinaworld war iifilm noirfemale spyamerican abroadpacific theaternazi collaborationismspy thrillerjapanese occupation of chinawar against fascisminternational espionagechinese resistance
A noir-inflected espionage thriller set in wartime Shanghai, where a man's investigation into a friend's death entangles him in romance, conspiracy, and geopolitical intrigue.
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.
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