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I Wish I Knew ()

Hai shang chuan qi (original title)
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Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

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Self (archiveFootage)
Yindi Cao ...
Yuehong Xing (archiveFootage)
Hsin-i Chang ...
Self (as Chang Hsin-I)
Danqing Chen ...
Self
Mei-Ru Du ...
Self (as Du Mei-Ru)
Ming-yi Fei ...
Self (as Barbara Fei)
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Self
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Self
Baomei Huang ...
Self (as Huang Baomei)
Chia-Tung Lee ...
Self (as Lee Chia-Tung)
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Self (archiveFootage) (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)
Wei Li ...
Self (archiveFootage)
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Self
Yunzhu Shangguan ...
Shuihua Shang (archiveFootage)
Peimin Wang ...
Self
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Self (as Wang Toon)
Xiao-he Wang ...
Self (archiveFootage)
Ran Wei ...
Self (as Wei Ran)
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Self
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Chunhua Zhu (archiveFootage)
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Jin Shui (archiveFootage)
Huaiding Yang ...
Self (as Yang Huaiding)
Xiao-fo Yang ...
Self (as Yang Xiaofo)
Yuan-sun Zhang ...
Self (as Zhang Yuansun)
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Self
Qiansheng Zhu ...
Self (as Zhu Qiansheng)

Directed by

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Zhangke Jia

Written by

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Zhangke Jia ... ()

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Giong Lim

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Nelson Lik-wai Yu

Sound Department

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Sona Balam ... re-recording mixer
Chen Wei Hsu ... assistant location sound
Yuanyuan Liu ... re-recording mixer assistant
Shiang-Chu Tang ... location audio mixer

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Kubbie Tsoi ... first assistant camera

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Shanghai, a fast-changing metropolis, a port city where people come and go. Eighteen locals, including film director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, ex-soldiers and criminals, recall their lives. Their personal experiences, like eighteen chapters of a novel, tell stories of Shanghai from the 1930s to 2010. Written by MUBI

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Also Known As
  • 海上传奇 (China, Mandarin title)
  • I Wish I Knew (World-wide, English title)
  • I Wish I Knew (United States)
  • Shanghai Legend (United States)
  • Legend on the Sea (World-wide, English title)
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  • 116 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The original mandarin title can be translated into 'legend above the sea'. See more »
Movie Connections Features Chung Kuo: China (1972). See more »

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