The Message
7.4
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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Cast
24 people
Zhou Xun
Gu Xiaomeng
Known for
Cloud Atlas
Suzhou River
Li Bingbing
Li Ningyu
Known for
The Meg
Resident Evil: Retribution
Zhang Hanyu
Wu Zhiguo
Known for
The Great Wall
Operation Mekong
Huang Xiaoming
Takeda / Wutian
Known for
Ip Man 2
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Alec Su You-peng
Bai Xiaonian
Known for
The Assassins
Back to 1942
Ying Da
Jin Shenghuo
Known for
Farewell My Concubine
Big Shot's Funeral
Wang Zhiwen
Wang Daoxiang
Known for
The Emperor and the Assassin
Battle of the Warriors
Shi Zhaoqi
Commander Zhao
Known for
The Knockout
Wolf Warrior
Duan Yihong
Ye Jianbo
Known for
The Looming Storm
The Battle at Lake Changjin
Zhu Xu
Mr. Fan
Known for
Shower
The King of Masks
Wu Gang
Mr. Six
Known for
Joy of Life
The Knockout
Deng Jiajia
Known for
iPartment
Be Somebody
Chen Kuofu Director · Gao Qunshu Director Mai Jia Author
Worldwide gross $35M · Budget $7M · United States release November 13, 2009
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$35,450,000
Gross vs. budget
5.1×
Production
Huayi Brothers Media Corporation
Production
China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
风声
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · September 22, 2009
Theatrical
United States · November 13, 2009
Theatrical
Canada
July 10, 2010 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
South Korea
June 13, 2013 · Theatrical
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