Shanghai Triad
Director: Zhang Yimou
Genre: World cinema, Crime Fiction, Gangster, Coming of age, Crime Drama, Drama, Chinese Movies
Year: 1995
Country: China, France
Language: Standard Mandarin
Starring: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Sun Chun, Yang Qianquan, Jiang Baoying
Shanghai Triad (simplified Chinese: 摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥; traditional Chinese: 搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋; pinyin: yáo a yáo, yáo dào wàipó qiáo) is a 1995 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai, Republic of China and spans seven days. Shanghai Triad's Chinese title reads "Row, row, row the boat to Grandma Bridge", refers to a well known traditional Chinese lullaby.
The film was the last collaboration between Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li in the 1990s, thus ending a successful partnership that had begun with Zhang's debut, Red Sorghum, and had evolved into a romantic relationship as well. With the wrapping of filming for Shanghai Triad the two agreed to end their relationship both professionally and personally. Gong Li and Zhang Yimou would not work together again until 2006's Curse of the Golden Flower.
Shanghai Triad takes place over the course of seven days in the 1930s. The story begins as a fourteen-year-old boy, Tang Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) has just arrived in Shanghai from the countryside. He is met at the docks by his uncle, Liu, who has sent for Shuisheng to work as a servant for a Triad Boss (played by Li Baotian),
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