THE neo-noir film “Shanghai,” directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Chow Yun-fat, John Cusack and Gong Li, is set to be screened in the United States.

    The film, directed by Swedish director Hafstrom, was first released in China in 2010.

    The movie tells the story of an American who stumbles upon secrets while investigating the death of a friend in 1940s Shanghai.

    Cusack plays the American, Chow plays the head of a gangster group while Gong takes the role of a famous singer in a night club who works for the Chinese resistance group fighting the Japanese invaders.

    The film will have limited screenings in some theaters of the United States starting Aug. 21.(SD-Agencies)