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Shanghai Triad

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Shanghai Triad
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R,1hr 48min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
December 22, 1995
Director:
Zhang Yimou
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Xuejian  ...more
Synopsis: Country boy Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is brought to 1930s Shanghai by his uncle who wants the boy to become a member of the powerful gang ruled by manipulative Tang (Li Baotian). In fact, Shuisheng will serve Tang's capricious mistress Bijou (Gong Li), a nightclub singer whom the boss proclaimed "the Queen of Shanghai." When the boy's uncle and the gang's several other members die during a rival gang's unsuccessful attempt on Tang's life, the latter retreats to a remote small island, taking both ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
Zhang Yimou's final film with actress Gong Li is a lushly photographed evocation of the wide-open Shanghai of the 1930s, but remains gauzily incoherent. Narrated by a rustic 14-year old boy (Wang Xiao Xiao) who has been hired as a servant for the beautiful, vixenish chanteuse/gangster's moll played by Li, the film follows her glittering underworld life as she comes to realize the limits of her freedom. ... Full Review
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