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.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Wasted Times canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10935580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wasted Times Context triple: [Zhang Ziyi, notableWork, The Wasted Times]
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Wasted Years
"Wasted Years" is a 1986 heavy metal single by Iron Maiden, written by guitarist Adrian Smith and known for its melodic guitar work and reflective lyrics about time and regret.
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Wasted Hours
"Wasted Hours" is a reflective indie rock song by Arcade Fire from their acclaimed album "The Suburbs."
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Wasted Youth
Wasted Youth is a punk rock band known for its aggressive sound and influence on the early hardcore punk scene.
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Life Wasted
"Life Wasted" is a hard-rocking Pearl Jam song from their 2006 self-titled album, known for its themes of mortality and personal renewal.
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Wasted Time
"Wasted Time" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon from their debut album "Youth & Young Manhood."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wasted Times Target entity description: 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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A.
Wasted Years
"Wasted Years" is a 1986 heavy metal single by Iron Maiden, written by guitarist Adrian Smith and known for its melodic guitar work and reflective lyrics about time and regret.
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B.
Wasted Hours
"Wasted Hours" is a reflective indie rock song by Arcade Fire from their acclaimed album "The Suburbs."
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C.
Wasted Youth
Wasted Youth is a punk rock band known for its aggressive sound and influence on the early hardcore punk scene.
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D.
Life Wasted
"Life Wasted" is a hard-rocking Pearl Jam song from their 2006 self-titled album, known for its themes of mortality and personal renewal.
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E.
Wasted Time
"Wasted Time" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon from their debut album "Youth & Young Manhood."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
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crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ period film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Cai Tao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage |
Japanese
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Mandarin ⓘ |
| director | Cheng Er NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Huayi Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Kong Jinlei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEventContext |
Japanese occupation of Shanghai
GENERATED
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Second Sino-Japanese War GENERATED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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gangster film ⓘ period drama ⓘ |
| hasEnsembleCast | true ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Peng Dou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nonlinear storytelling structure
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stylized depiction of Republican-era Shanghai ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
betrayal
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collaboration and resistance ⓘ organized crime ⓘ revenge ⓘ war-time survival ⓘ |
| producer | Cheng Er NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2016-12-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 123 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Cheng Er NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Du Chun
NERFINISHED
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Ge You NERFINISHED ⓘ Ni Dahong NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadanobu Asano NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Chung NERFINISHED ⓘ Yan Ni NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan Quan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Ziyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhong Chuxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Cheng Er NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wasted Times Description of subject: 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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