China Synopsis
风声
After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Message. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Thriller in China
42 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Message itself).
The 2008–2010 China Window
The Message holds position #11 of 69 China films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s China Landscape
2009 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 24 titles released, including The Message. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (142 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 23 other China films in 2009.
The 208th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
86 audience reviews — more than 74% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Message, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- code breaking · 1
- japanese occupation of china · 14
- espionage · 12
- china · 127
- world war ii · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #215 of 946 China films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #135 of 547 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Huayi Brothers Media Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | September 22, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1434423 |
| Official Site | www.themessage2009.com |