The Wasted Times (simplified Chinese: 罗曼蒂克消亡史; traditional Chinese: 羅曼蒂克消亡史; pinyin: Luómàndìkè xiāowáng shǐ) is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong thriller film directed by Cheng Er and starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi and Tadanobu Asano. It was released in China and the United States on December 16, 2016.

The movie depicts events commencing prior to the Japanese occupation of Shanghai between 1934 and the end of the war in 1945. The story arcs are told in a non-linear fashion and many events are re-told revealing the truth of what actually occurred. The central characters are a Chinese crime figure, Lu (Ge You) and his Japanese brother-in-law, Watabe (Tadanobu Asano).

The initial arc starts in Shanghai in 1937 in the eve of the Japanese invasion of Shanghai. Lu is introduced as an influential crime boss who works for Mr. Dai (Dahong Ni). His brother-in-law is Watabe who has two children and runs a local Japanese restaurant. There is tension between Japanese army as they wish for Dai and another local industrialist Zhang to support a Japanese bank being opened in Shanghai. Lu refuses but Zhang betrays him and sides with the Japanese, killing Lu's gang and family in the process. This results in a shootout in Watabe's restaurant with Watabe saving Lu's life by shooting one of the Japanese leaders, and in the process getting shot in the chest himself. Lu's sister is also killed and Lu takes charge of the two children and leaves Shanghai.

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