Shanghai Blues
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In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it, they end up living in the same building, unbeknownst to each other.
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Cast
38 people
Kenny Bee
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Tsui Hark Director · Sze-To Cheuk-hon Screenplay John Chan Koon-Chung Writer
Director
Tsui Hark
Screenplay
Sze-To Cheuk-hon
Writer
John Chan Koon-Chung
Writer
Raymond To Kwok-Wai
Story
Yonfan
Composer
James Wong Jim
Composer
Tang Siu-Lam
Cinematographer
Peter Ngor Chi-kwan
Cinematographer
Chang Hui-kung
Cinematographer
Lin Tsan-Ting
Editor
Ng Kam-Wah
Editor
Chew Siu Sum
Costume designer
Poon An-Ying
Costume designer
Lee Pak-Yee
United States release September 11, 1985 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese, French
Production
Film Workshop
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
上海之夜
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · French
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · October 11, 1984
Theatrical
United States · September 11, 1985
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Canada
September 11, 1985 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
China
April 8, 2017 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Finland
March 1, 1991 · Theatrical
France
December 2, 2005 · Physical · DVD
May 17, 2024 · Premiere · 4K Restoration / Cannes Film Festival
February 20, 2025 · Physical · Blu-Ray & 4K UHD
Germany
August 16, 1993 · Physical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 8, 2024 · Limited theatrical · 4K Restoration / M+
Japan
April 28, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 25, 1990 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
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