The Wasted Times

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The Wasted Times is a Chinese period crime drama film set in 1930s–1940s Shanghai, known for its nonlinear narrative and ensemble cast including Zhang Ziyi.

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instanceOf Chinese film
crime drama film
film
period film
cinematographyBy Cai Tao
countryOfOrigin China
countryOfRelease China
dialogueLanguage Japanese
Mandarin
director Cheng Er
distributor Huayi Brothers
editedBy Kong Jinlei
featuresEventContext Japanese occupation of Shanghai
Second Sino-Japanese War
filmingLocation Shanghai
genre crime drama
gangster film
period drama
hasEnsembleCast true
mainSetting Shanghai
musicBy Peng Dou
narrativeFormat nonlinear narrative
notableFor nonlinear storytelling structure
stylized depiction of Republican-era Shanghai
originalLanguage Mandarin Chinese
portraysTheme betrayal
collaboration and resistance
organized crime
revenge
war-time survival
producer Cheng Er
releaseDate 2016-12-16
releaseYear 2016
runtimeMinutes 123
screenwriter Cheng Er
settingTimePeriod 1930s
1940s
starring Du Chun
Ge You
Ni Dahong
Tadanobu Asano
Wallace Chung
Yan Ni
Yuan Quan
Zhang Ziyi
Zhong Chuxi
writer Cheng Er

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Zhang Ziyi notableWork The Wasted Times