2046 (film)

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 incidently was Faye Wong's stage name as a singer until she changed it back to Faye Wong, {{zh-cp|c=王菲|p=Wáng Fēi}}, 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