Shanghai Blues
上海之夜
1984 · 1h 43m · Comedy, Romance · Hong Kong
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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1940sscrewball comedyshanghai, china
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