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Saturday Fiction

2021-10-15 · 128 min · ★ 7.1

Action · Drama

It’s 1941, and China has become a wartime intelligence battlefield. Actor Jean Yu returns to Shanghai, ostensibly to appear in the play “Saturday Fiction,” directed by her former lover. But what is her true aim? To free her ex-husband? To gather intelligence for the Allied forces? To work for her adoptive father? Or to escape from war with her lover? As she embarks on her mission, with friends ever more difficult to distinguish from undercover agents, Jean Yu starts to question whether to reveal what she has learned about the imminent Pearl Harbor attack.

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Directors
Lou Ye
Production companies
Uplink, YingFilms, Achtung Panda!, United Entertainment Partners
Countries
China, Germany, Japan
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 3,390,000

Top Cast

Gong LiGong LiJean Yu
Mark Chao You-tingMark Chao You-tingTan Na
Joe OdagiriJoe OdagiriFuruya Saburo
Pascal GreggoryPascal GreggoryFrederic Hubert
Tom WlaschihaTom WlaschihaSaul Speyer
Huang XiangliHuang XiangliBai Yunshang
Ayumu NakajimaAyumu NakajimaKajiwara
Wang ChuanjunWang ChuanjunMo Zhiyin
Zhang SongwenZhang SongwenNi Zeren
Shibuya TenmaShibuya TenmaLieutenant Hosoda
Alexandre RobillardFrench Reception Manager
Wang XiaoqiWang XiaoqiTelephone Operator
Li WeilongLi WeilongStage Actor
Wang ZhengquanWang ZhengquanMan With Cigar
Hideo NakaizumiHideo NakaizumiKajiwara's Guy #3
Liu WeiminJean Yu's Driver
Yang KaichengWaiter to Jean Yu

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