Get Behind the Scenes of WWII Mystery Thriller SHANGHAI

An eight minute making-of featurette for Mikael Hafstrom's thriller Shanghai has been released on the eve of its premiered held at Beijing today.  Most of the video featured the cast & crew talking about the story and the historical climate during the World War II era in Shanghai with a few short clips and on-set footage intersperse through out.

Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Secret Agent Paul Soames (John Cusack) has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend, only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka (Ken Watanabe), Soames' investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony Lanting (Chow Yun-Fat) - and Lanting's beautiful wife, Anna (Gong Li). Before long, Soames and Anna are involved in an affair that will put everything they have at stake. As national loyalties are traded fast-and-loose for those of the heart, Soames and Anna must race to solve the mystery and make it out of occupied China before the city's collapse.

The film gets a wide release theatrically in China on June 17th. You'll find the making-of featurette embedded below.