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7.2/10 IMDb Directed by Cheng Er Initial release 16 December 2016 Box office 104.9 million CNY Cinematography Du Jie | 14% Rotten Tomatoes Chinese 罗曼蒂克消亡史 Music by Shigeru Umebayashi Director Er Cheng Music director Shigeru Umebayashi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Ge You
Zhang Ziyi
Tadanobu Asano Production
companies Huayi Brothers Media Group
Haikou Hanyou Media Release date December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16) (China) Cast Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Tadanobu Asano Similar Railroad Tigers, See You Tomorrow, The Magnificent Scoundrels, The Great Wall, Journey to the West: The Dem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Wasted Times is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong thriller film directed by Cheng Er and starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi and Tadanobu Asano. It was released in China and the United States on December 16, 2016.
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The wasted times teaser trailer opens december 23rd 2016
Plot
Using a jumbled chronology, the movie depicts events in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and the Philippines between 1934 and 1945. The central characters are a Chinese gangster, Lu (Ge You); his brother-in-law, Watabe (Tadanobu Asano), who is Japanese but describes himself as Shanghainese and a film actress, Xiao Liu (Zhang Ziyi), who is married to Lu's boss but not faithful to him. Lu is ruthless, yet unwilling to collaborate with the Japanese as they prepare to invade China. Watabe pretends to oppose the Japanese military, but secretly works for them. Assigned to spirit Xiao Liu out of the city, he instead rapes her and imprisons her as a sex slave. At the end of the war, Lu and Xiao Liu travel to Luzon, where Watabe is a POW, to have their revenge.
Release
The film was previously scheduled for release in China on October 3, 2015. It was released in China on December 16, 2016.
Reception
The film has grossed CN¥104.9 million in China.