Shanghai Triad
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| Shanghai Triad | |
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 Shanghai Triad DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Zhang Yimou |
| Produced by | Yves Marmion Jean-Louis Piel Yigong Wu |
| Written by | Bi Feiyu |
| Starring | Gong Li Baotian Li Wang Xiaoxiao |
| Running time | 103 mins |
| Language | Mandarin |
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Shanghai Triad (Simplified Chinese: 摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥; Traditional Chinese: 摇呀摇，摇到外婆橋) is a 1994 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai and spans seven days.
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The story is about a young boy, Tang Shuisheng, who just arrived in Shanghai working as a servant in a Triad owned nightclub. He is assigned to Bijou, a cabaret singer and girlfriend of the Boss.
Bijou is cheating on the Boss with Song, whom the Boss suspects is planning to betray him. After a bloody gang fight in which Shuisheng's uncle dies, the Boss and a small entourage retreat to a peasants' island. There, Bijou befriends Cuihau, an unassuming woman who prepares meals for the visitors, while Shuisheng befriends Ajiao, Cuihau's daughter. Bijou unwittingly gets Cuihau and her brother-in-law killed. Song arrives and the Boss calmly confronts him with evidence of his treachery. The gang kills Song and Bijou. The Boss takes Ajiao back to Shanghai with him (saying she will be the new Bijou when she is older), along with Shuisheng tied to the sails of the ship.
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| The Films of Zhang Yimou |
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| Red Sorghum • Codename Cougar • Ju Dou • Raise the Red Lantern • The Story of Qiu Ju • To Live • Shanghai Triad • Lumière and Company Keep Cool • Not One Less • The Road Home • Happy Times • Hero • House of Flying Daggers Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles • Curse of the Golden Flower |
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