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Shanghai Wonton

2025

A gentle, wry slice of city life that ambles along with warmth and quiet humour, leaving a soft ache.

Directed by
Wu Tiange
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Zhou Yemang, Pan Hong, Mao Shanyu
Overview
The film tells the story of a retired father who comes to the park's dating corner to find a marriage partner for his son, but inadvertently gets involved in an emotional whirlpool.

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Directed by
Wu Tiange
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Zhou Yemang, Pan Hong, Mao Shanyu
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • aging
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Wu Tiange
Written by
Jin Ying
Starring
Zhou Yemang, Pan Hong, Mao Shanyu, Chen Guoqing, Wang Lin, Xu Xiang, Wang Ju, Gao Bo-Wen
Cinematography
Takahiro Haibara
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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