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2046 is a Hong Kong movie (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, released in 2004. It is a sequel to Days of Being Wild
(released in 1991) and In the Mood for Love
(released in 2000). It follows the love-life of Chow Mo-wan in 1960s' Hong Kong but includes some science fiction elements.

Cast and roles include

Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- Chow Mo-wan, the main character and narrator. A journalist and writer, he is the same character, played by the same actor as in In the Mood for Love. He also appears in a silent cameo at the very end of Days of Being Wild.
Maggie Cheung
- Su Li Zhen, the woman Chow Mo-wan loved most. See In the Mood for Love
.
Gong Li
- Another Su Li Zhen. Presented as a "professional gambler" and nicknamed "Black Spider", she said that she was from Phnom Penh. Chow Mo-wan met her in Singapore.
Wang Sum
* Mr. Wang, the hotel owner. He had taken singing lessons in Harbin, China.
* The captain of the train to (or from) 2046.
Faye Wong
* Wang Jing Wen (王靖雯, py Wáng Jìngwén; which incidentally was Faye Wong's stage name as a singer until she changed it back to Faye Wong, , in 1994) . The first daughter of Mr. Wang, the hotel owner. She was in love with a Japanese man, a relationship that her father opposed strongly.
* An android in the train to (or from) 2046.
Takuya Kimura
* A Japanese man, sent to Hong Kong for a while by his company. He is Wang Jing Wen's boyfriend.
* Tak, a passenger of the train to (or from) 2046.
Dong Jie - Wang Jie Wen. The second daughter of Mr. Wang, the hotel owner.
Carina Lau
* Mimi/Lulu. See Days of Being Wild
.
* An android in the train to (or from) 2046.
Chang Chen
* The drummer boyfriend of Mimi/Lulu. Played by Jacky Cheung
in Days of Being Wild.
* A passenger of the train to (or from) 2046.
Zhang Ziyi
- Bai Ling. An occupant of room 2046 in the Oriental Hotel, and a lover of Chow Mo-wan.
Siu Ping-lam - Ah Ping, a colleague and friend of Chow Mo-wan.
Bird McIntyre

Filming details

Total secrecy surrounded the movie before its release, and this led to a lot of speculation as to the significance of the number "2046". Many thought the title referenced the year in which the movie would be set, and that it would be a science fiction film. It also became an in-joke that the title would actually refer to the year of release.

The film took a whole four years in making, and the production suffered a good deal of bad luck. For example, the production was shut down because of the SARS epidemic in March 2003. It finally premiered during the 2004 Cannes Film Festival as a competitive film (the reels arrived straight from the laboratory causing a delay in the schedule), yet Wong pulled the film off after the premiere to continue editing it. Wong was reportedly still editing it until October, when it was finally finished and released to theaters.

It was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution in the United States of America, and was released on 5 August 2005.

Christopher Doyle has stated that this will be his last time working with Wong Kar-wai.

Title

2046 is the number of the hotel room in In the Mood for Love in which Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung's characters meet to write their kung fu serial.

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