Shanghai Triad
Summary:
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 d... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gong Li - (Bijou)
Li Baotian - (Boss Tang)
Li Xuejian
Sun Chun
Wang Xiaoxiao - (Shuisheng)
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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... Continue >>
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