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The Longest Night in Shanghai

2007 · 110 min

A gentle, wandering night through a neon city, where two lonely strangers slowly confide in each other and the mood shifts between quiet sadness and tender warmth.

Directed by
Zhang Yibai
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Love as a second language.
Overview
A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki Mizushima can't help but notice that his life is anything but beautiful. Can the uncouth Lin Xi help him make over his life for the better?
How it feels
Melancholic, warm, romantic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Loneliness, love, identity, isolation
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Zhang Yibai
Genres
Drama, Romance
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Zhang Yibai
Written by
Gao Yan, Takuji Ushiyama, Zhang Yibai
Starring
Zhao Wei, Masahiro Motoki, Naomi Nishida, Takashi Tsukamoto, Dylan Kuo, Soko Wada, Sam Lee, Shinobu Otsuka
Cinematography
Yang Tao
Runtime
110 min
Country
China, Japan
Languages
Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin

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