Movie: A Stranger in Shanghai

Top 7 Billed Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda
松田龍平

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Takashi Okabe
岡部たかし

Shirō

Yuri Nakamura
中村ゆり

Shigeko

Nao
奈緒

Fumi Akutagawa

Jin Shijia
金世佳

Li Renjie

Xue Bayi
Xue Bayi

Lele

Ren Luomin
任洛敏

Zhang Bing Lin

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    ストレンジャー~上海の芥川龍之介~

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    China is tumultuous in 1921 when the famed Japanese author of "Rashōmon", Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, visits Shanghai as a correspondent. Here he encounters revolutionaries, courtesans and much more…

  • Release Date

    2019-12-28

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    日本語
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