The Gunshots in the Secrecy Bureau (1979)

Original title

保密局的枪声

Directed by

Chang Yan

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In 1940s Shanghai, a Communist sympathizer goes undercover in a secret bureau run by nationalists. He must hide his true identity while gathering intelligence during the war.

suspensefulwartimeundercovertenseconspiratorialhistoricalblack-and-white

What happens

Gunshots in the CIB (originaltittel: Bao mi ju de qiang sheng) er en kinesisk dramathriller fra 1979 regissert av Chang Yan. Filmen handler om en kommunist-sympatisør som under krigsårene jobber undercover i et hemmelig byrå i Shanghai tilhørende nasjonalistene. Ledende roller spilles av Chen Shaoze, Song Jingchang, Ni Zhenghua og Wang Baohua. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved Huabiao Awards (delt med flere filmer). Filmen er i sort-hvitt. Den er også kjent under den engelske tittelen The Gunshots of Secrecy Bureau. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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