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By M&C Movie News Feb 4, 2008, 13:51 GMT

Ken Watanabe travels to Shanghai with Gong Li and John Cusack

Ken Watanabe has signed on to join John Cusack and Gong Li in The Weinstein Co. upcoming film Shanghai - a period drama scheduled to start shooting in China in March. Ken Watanabe - The Grudge Movie Premiere - Arrivals - Mann Village Theater - Westwood, CA © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos

Ken Watanabe - The Grudge Movie Premiere - Arrivals - Mann Village Theater - Westwood, CA © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos

Ken Watanabe - The Grudge Movie Premiere - Arrivals - Mann Village Theater - Westwood, CA © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR PhotosVariety reports Mikael Hafstrom (who worked with Cusack on Dimension’s 1408) is scheduled to direct the film based on a script by Hossein Amini. The film will shoot in Shanghai and is produced by Mike Medavoy and Barry Mendel. It is being excutive produced by Arnie Messer. The film follows an American who returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While searching for the who was responsible, he falls in love and stumbles on a larger secret involving his own government.

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