The Message

IMDb link: 1434423
IMDb rating: 7.4 (4,529 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, War
Director: Kuo-Fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Cast: Xun Zhou, Bingbing Li, Hanyu Zhang, Xiaoming Huang and others

Release date: 22 Sep 2009
Release year: 2009
Runtime: 118 minutes
Country: China
Keywords: chinese history, japanese occupation of china, resistance, year 1942, torture, spy, world war two, nanjing china, japanese occupation, espionage

Plot:

Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government in 1942 Nanjingn (Nanking), 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.

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