Shanghai Blues

Shanghai Blues (Chinese:上海之夜) is a Hong Kong film directed by Tsui Hark, which had its premiere on September 1984. Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang and Sally Yeh starred in this film. The music is composed by Wong Jim. The film has been selected as one of the Top 10 Chinese films of 1984 at Hong Kong International Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Dung Gwok-man and Aak-suk are both clown of a night club, after the breaking out of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Gwok-man is inspired by patriotism thought, and prepared for joining the army . The Japanese battleplanes is bombing Shanghai, Gwok-man meet with a young girl named Aak-syu. They agree that they would meet at Suzhou Bridge after the war. Ten years past, Gwok-man return to Shanghai to look for Aak-syu, but only meet several vagrant veterans.

At this time Aak-syu has became a dance hostess at Bat-je-sing Dancery. One day she run up against Dang-zai, a wandering girl. She let Dang-zai to live in her own room. She never think of that Gwok-man is in the same apartment, too. One day Aak-syu's maid is assaulted by a rogue, Aak-syu herself is beaten for helping her. But later Ask-syu sing in an impromptu, and attracted a plutocrat's attention. The plutocrat want to marry her, but is refused.

Dang-zai take part in a beauty contest of Calendar Queen by chance. Accidentally, she is chosen as the winner by the wealthy old lady who sponsor the contest. At the same time, Shanghai Blues, a song composed by Gwok-man, is chosen by a famous singer Zau Siu-sin, and is suddenly popular among the Shanghai people. One day it rains very heavily, Gwok-man and Aak-syu share one umbrella, they return to Gwok-man's home together, but was encountered by Dang-zai, who is in love with Gwok-man unrequitedly. Another day, Gwok-man saved Ask-syu when she is annoying by some canailles.

Gwok-man and Aak-suk later find a job, to make performance for advertisement. One day when he is performing, Aak-syu happen to pass there in a car. Aak-syu want to meet Gwok-man, but hurt her leg when jumping out of the car. Dang-zai appear at Calendar Queen party, a rich man fuddle her, so the boss can rape her. But the wealthy old lady drink the wine mixed with magic potions by mistake, fainted on the bed in the boss's room. The drunken Dang-zai fall to the ground, escaped from rape. A power failure occur that night, the boss mistake the old lady for Dang Zai, and it ended with a farce. In the same night, Gwok-man and Aak-syu finally recognize each other.

When Aak-syu realize that Dang-zai also love Gwok-man, she decide to leave Shanghai. At the last moment, Gwok-man catch up with the train, be together with Aak-syu again.

External links

• Shanghai Blues at allmovie
• Shanghai Blues at the Internet Movie Database

References