Starring Chow Yun-Fat, John Cusack and Gong Li Directed by Mikael Hafstrom In the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, an American intelligence official (Cusack) investigates a friend's death in the corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he is immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. His investigation leads to the charismatic local gangster (Chow) and falls in love with his wife (Li). Engaged in a dangerous affair, he soon discovers that there is a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.