Fengsheng风声
Director:Kuo-fu Chen
Qunshu Gao
Actor:Zhou Xun as Gu Xiaomeng
Li Bingbing as Li Ningyu
Zhang Hanyu as Wu Zhiguo
Huang Xiaoming as Takeda (Wutian)
Xu Jiao
Genres: Crime -Drama - Thriller -War
Release Date: 22 September 2009 (China)
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Description /Synopsis:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.
Review:
For those anticipating Lu Chuan's epic Nanking movie City of Life and Death which will premiere this week, you might also want to check out The Message, now playing in cinemas and also set during the turbulent days of the Sino-Japanese war in China in the early 40s. While Lu Chuan's film tried to portray history through an objective lens, lending to it a documentary-like feel, The Message showed how Chinese cinema has grown to tap upon those dark days to create what would be an extremely well made tale of espionage, with insurgent and spies working effortlessly to bring misery to their Japanese occupiers.