Directed by
Mikael Hafstrom, “
Shanghai” stars
John Cusak and features Asian stars,
Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and
Ken Watanabe tells the story of an American who returned to the 1940s Japanese-occupied Shanghai to investigate his friend's death and during his investigation he discovers government secret.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars opposite John Cusack and Ken Watanabe in the movie.
Cusack will play a friend who sets out to investigate and finds himself embroiled in a cover-up.
Morgan will play Connor, an American murdered in Japanese-occupied Shanghai before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The film is expected to be released sometime in 2009.
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Writer: Hossein Amini
Starring: John Cusack, Li Gong, Ken Watanabe
