Shanghai Triad () is a 1994 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai and spans seven days.

Plot summary

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The story is about a young boy, Tang Shuisheng, who just arrived in Shanghai working as a servant in a Triad owned nightclub. He is assigned to Bijou, a cabaret singer and girlfriend of the Boss.

Bijou is cheating on the Boss with Song, whom the Boss suspects is planning to betray him. After a bloody gang fight in which Shuisheng's uncle dies, the Boss and a small entourage retreat to a peasants' island. There, Bijou befriends Cuihau, an unassuming woman who prepares meals for the visitors, while Shuisheng befriends Ajiao, Cuihau's daughter. Bijou unwittingly gets Cuihau and her brother-in-law killed. Song arrives and the Boss calmly confronts him with evidence of his treachery. The gang kills Song and Bijou. The Boss takes Ajiao back to Shanghai with him, along with Shuisheng tied to the sails of the ship.

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Gong Li is quite the sexy ham in this movie. Gong sings and dances on stage. Shanghai Triad. Little China Store www.littlechinastore.com
Lchinastore (Little China Store) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:05:10 -0000
Gong Li is quite the sexy ham in this movie. Gong sings and dances on stage. Shanghai Triad. Little China Store www.littlechinastore.com

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