The Message
(2009)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 119 votes
Year: 2009
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: China
Director: 陳國富, 高群书
Cast: Чжоу Сюнь, Ли Бинбин, Чжан Ханьюй, Хуан Сяо Мин, 蘇有朋, 英达, 王志文, Ши Чжао Ци, 段奕宏, Zhu Xu
Plot
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.
Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government in 1942 Nanjingn (Nanking), the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.