The Message
Sep 22 2009
•2h 58m
•Drama, Thriller
After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.
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Zhou Xun
Gu Xiaomeng
Zhang Hanyu
Wu Zhiguo
Li Bingbing
Li Ningyu
Huang Xiaoming
Takeda / Wutian
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