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Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese crime-drama film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The script is written by Bi Feiyu based on Li Xiao 's 1994 novel Rules of a Clan (门规). The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai , Republic of China and spans seven days.
Feb 16, 1996 · “Shanghai Triad” may be the last, and is certainly the least, of the collaborations between the Chinese director Zhang Yimou and the gifted actress Gong Li. The story of a gang boss in 1930s Shanghai and his willful, troublesome mistress, it’s seen through the eyes of a small boy from the country who loses his innocence in eight bloody days.
When teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao Cuihua) arrives to Shanghai from the country, he is brought by his uncle (Li Xuejian) to work for gang leader Tang (Baotian Li). Tang assigns Shuisheng to...
Shanghai Triad opens in theaters beginning December 20. Read about the controversy behind the film. Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed Chinese director of JU DOU, RAISE THE RED LANTERN, and THE STORY OF QIU JU, spins an epic tale of greed, revenge and lust for power set against the Shanghai opium wars of the 1930's.
Dec 22, 1995 · Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.
A provincial boy joins a Shanghai crime family in the 1930s and becomes a servant to a ganglord's mistress. He witnesses the intrigue and betrayal of the drug empire and the affair of his boss.
Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Shanghai Triad is an absorbing tale of the Chinese underworld in the 1930's, focusing on a pampered night club singer, Xiao...
