Name: The Wasted Times
Genre: Costume & Period, Thriller & Suspense, Crime & Mystery
Released: 2016-12-16
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Zhang Zi Yi, Ge You, Han Geng, Du Chun

Tadanobu Asano is a Japanese actor and musician who was born on November 27, 1973, in Yokohama, Japan. He made his debut in the long-running drama series “Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B,” which began airing in 1979, when he was aged just 16. He has since followed up with scores of movie and TV drama title hits, such as the series “A Life: A Love” and the wartime movie “Midway,” about the battle of the same name, in 2019. He has also starred in the film “Detective Chinatown 3” (2021) and featured as the character Raiden in the 2021 live-action movie version of the hit video game “Mortal Kombat.”

Tadanobu Asano

Watabe

Zhang Zi Yi is a Chinese model and actress. She was born in Beijing on February 9, 1979 and made her debut in the entertainment world in 1994, when she made her first appearance in a television commercial and in 1996 she made her debut as an actress. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films and a few television dramas, including “My Lucky Star” (2013) and “The Wasted Times” (2016).

Zhang Zi Yi

Xiao Liu

Ge You is a Chinese actor who was born on April 19, 1957, in Beijing, China. He made his acting debut in the mid-1980s, appearing in a slew of hit movies, culminating in arguably his finest year, when he won the prestigious Best Actor Award&nbsp;at the&nbsp;1994 Cannes Film Festival&nbsp;for his role in the movie&nbsp;“To Live,” where he played a compulsive gambler who is unexpectedly reunited with his estranged wife and child. He has since gone on to star in dozens more films, including the 2014 title “Gone with the Bullets” and 2017’s “Cook Up a Storm.”

Ge You

Mr. Lu

Hang Geng is a Chinese singer and actor. He was born on February 9, 1984 in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2005 as a member of SM Entertainment’s idol group, Super Junior. He made his debut as an actor in 2009 and has since appeared in various films and television dramas, including “So Young” (2013), “Sweet Sixteen” (2016), and “The Wasted Times” (2016).

Han Geng

Du Chun is a Chinese actor. Born on May 22, 1981, he comes from an entertainment family. His father, Du Zhi Guo, is an actor, and his mother, Yang Li, is a dancer and dancing instructor. After making his acting debut in the 2003 television drama “Han Wu Da Di,” Du Chun is known for his many leading roles in dramas, including his recent roles in “The Legend of Incorruptible Stone” (2011), “Palace II” (2012) and “Ice and Fire of Youth” (2015). Du Chun also has sung the soundtracks to some of his television dramas, including “Dilemma” (2008), “Truthful” (2009) and “Love and Fight With a Terracotta Warrior” (2010).

Du Chun

Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was born in Hong Kong on January 21, 1981 and made her debut in the entertainment world in 2001 when she debuted as part of the pop duo, Twins. In 2002 she made her debut as an actress and has since appeared in numerous films and television dramas, including “The Wasted Times” (2016) and “Tree in the River” (2018).

Gillian Chung

Xiao Wu

Yuan Quan is a Chinese actress. Born on October 16, 1977, she made her acting debut in the 1998 film “Rhapsody of Spring.” She has appeared in many popular films and television dramas since, including the recent drama “The First Half of My Life” (2017). Yuan Quan is married to actor Xia Yu.

Yuan Quan

Wallace Chung is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Born on November 30, 1974, he made his acting debut in the 1993 Hong Kong television drama “The Chord of Victory.” He moved to Taiwan in 1995 to pursue a very successful singing career and subsequently became known as Taiwan’s “Little Sun” and Taiwan’s Best Idol for his music. Wallace moved to China in 1999 to focus on his acting, and he has enjoyed a prolific career in both films and television, winning many acting accolades. Some of his recent credits include the popular dramas “My Sunshine” (2015), “General and I” (2017) and “Memories of Love” (2018).

Wallace Chung

Emperor Film Production, Huayi Brothers Pictures

During the turbulent times of the Sino-Japanese War and World War II, events unfold that will test loyalties and the endurance of the human spirit.

Lu (Ge You) is a ruthless Chinese mob boss whose alliance is tested when he is approached to collaborate with Japanese military occupiers. His brother-in-law, Watanabe (Tadanobu Asano), is a Japanese national who claims to be “Shanghainese” but is secretly working for the Japanese. Xiao Liu (Zhang Zi Yi) is a promiscuous actress and the wife of Lu’s boss. After an affair with her costar, Xiao Liu is sent out of the city by her husband. But when Lu assigns Watanabe to carry out the task, Watanabe ends up raping Xiao Liu and keeping her as a sex slave for years.

After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Lu finds Xiao Liu in a Shanghai hospice. They both decide they have unfinished business with Watanabe and decide to go search for him.

“The Wasted Times” is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong film directed by Cheng Er.

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