The Longest Night In Shanghai

Genre: Romance
Starring: Vicki Zhao, Masahiro Motoki
Release year: 2008
Language: Japanese - Chinese (Mandarin)
Subtitle: English

SYNOPSIS:
Japanese makeup artist Mizushima Naoki (Masahiro Motoki) is in Shanghai on a job. Wandering by himself at night, he takes a knocking from reckless taxi driver Lin Xi (Vicki Zhao Wei), but is luckily unharmed. After some language confusion, Naoki gets into the taxi, mistaking Lin Xi's insistent friendliness as an invitation for a free tour of Shanghai. Little does he know, Lin Xi is planning on taking this well-heeled foreigner on a very roundabout tour of Shanghai, with the meter running. As Naoki's worried colleagues set off in search for him, Lin Xi and Naoki slowly develop a bond that transcends their language gap.

RATING: 8.5/10
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REVIEW:
" After watching “The Longest Night in Shanghai” one may wonder why there aren’t more Pan-Asian films like this made. The movie is unabashedly romantic, has all of the pure gloss found in Asian commercial films, and wins you over with an ultra-impressive performance by Vicki Zhao, the Shanghai backdrop and competitant helming by Yibai Zhang. The movie itself is a co-production involving Japanese Movie-Eye Entertainment and Chinese Shanghai Film Studios. The cast is a near 50/50 split with Chinese actors (Vicki Zhao, Sam Lee, Dylan Kuo, Xinyi Zhang) and Japanese actors (Masahiro Motoki, Naomi Nishida, Naoto Takenaka, Shinobu Otsuka). Yet the film is distinctly placed in the illustrious city of Shanghai and exudes all of the charm that city has to offer without resorting to travel bochure like tackiness.

The appreciation that movie helmer Yiabi Zhang has for the city of Shanghai is all so apparent in the lensing of the film’s backdrop. Basically staying in the Pudong/Bund area of Shanghai and venturing out occasionally to the French Concession area, the movie hits all the right notes to give viewers a taste of what that wonderful city has to offer. Interesting enough, Yibai Zhang previously directed the Shanghai segment of the Chinese/Japanese omnibus film “About Love.” Meanwhile Yuji Yamamura, one of the screen writers in “The Longest Night in Shanghai,” was the co-writer for the 2004 Chinese/Japanese film “Last Love First Love” also set in Shanghai. So yeah there’s a lotta love for that city in this movie.

Meanwhile, Vicki Zhao gives one of her most charming performances ever. She plays the love-struck tomboy, having a quintessential Asian “one-sided” crush with a mechanic and she’ll just steal your heart. From the flashes of playfulness (playing the keyboards with her neighbor yelling to stop) to the somber moments when she realizes her love is getting married with someone else, to the charming broken English banter she has with Masahiro Motoki she shines as much as the city of Shanghai does in this film. Co-star Masahiro Motoki’s performance was noticeably weaker, never approaching the likableness of Zhao’s performance. Usually, saddled with a stoic (some would say “wooden”) demeanor, he gave more of the stereotypical Japanese male businessman performance, rather than a flamboyant make-up artist.

“The Longest Night in Shanghai” doesn’t do everything well. The movie’s many sub-plots all lacked the polish of the main storyline, Masahiro Motoki’s performance was a few magnitudes less appealing than Vicki Zhao’s performance, and with the movie’s super appealing set-up you did expect more from the movie’s finale. Yet, you have Vicki Zhao giving one of her best performances ever (so charming in this film!), the contagious feeling of love blossoming right before your eyes, the heartfelt downsides of “one-sided” romances, and an obvious (at least for myself) love affair with the city itself. If I was Siskel or Ebert this just about the time where the “Two Thumbs Up!” would come in. "

Source: Lunapark06

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