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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.
Dec 22, 1995 · A provincial boy becomes a servant to a gangster's mistress in Shanghai, where he witnesses the violence and betrayal of the crime world. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more for this Oscar-nominated film by Yimou Zhang.
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- Crime, Drama, History
- Yimou Zhang
- 1995-12-22
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...
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- Yimou Zhang
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- Gong Li
Feb 16, 1996 · A gangster movie set in 1930s Shanghai, starring Gong Li and Li Baotian, seen through the eyes of a young boy. Roger Ebert criticizes the film's plot, pacing and Gong Li's character, and praises its visual style.
May 25, 1995 · Shanghai Triad In its bold take on a subgenre that's every bit as resonant as '30s U.S. gangster pix, Zhang Yimou's seventh feature is as assured and attention-grabbing as his 1988 bow, "Red Sorghum."
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Available on iTunes. Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee, Shanghai Triad is a thrilling and sumptuously stylized potboiler about the Chinese criminal underworld of the 1930's from legendary director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers).
Summaries. A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress. Uncle Liu brings his cousin to Shanghai to work for 'Boss,' the leader of a powerful drug empire in the 1930's.
