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Shanghai Triad
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LI,GONG
EAN: 9780767848886
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767848888
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: Chinese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 043396118577
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Running Time: 107 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 1995
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Editorial Review:
Not even close to his best work, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou--far from a favorite of Chinese authorities, and frequently harassed and stymied in his career--creates an impressive-looking period piece in this gangland story set in the 1930s. Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern) gives a colorful performance as a nightclub diva who is the mistress of a mob boss. Told from the point of view of a boy (Wang Xiaoxiao) sent by the gangster to wait on the arrogant singer, the story follows these characters over several days as they flee Shanghai to hide out in the countryside. A supreme stylist, Zhang in his best work (Ju Dou, The Story of Qui Ju) is not dependent on conventional story structures or expensive sets. But Shanghai Triad leans heavily on both, and while it is an interesting and enjoyable film--and not without subtle allusions to the political climate and culture in modern China--it is finally an unsatisfying experience. The saving graces are the performances, most of all that of the masterful, chameleonlike Gong Li. --Tom Keogh
A prostitute is used as bait between feuding ganglords in 1930s Shanghai.
Genre: Foreign Film - Chinese
Rating: R
Release Date: 12-DEC-2000
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Gangster politics in gorgeous color
This could be an American gangster movie except that it is so beautiful. Well, that and the fact that it takes place in Shanghai in the 1930s. Gong Li plays Xiao Jingbao ("Bijou") the moll, a self-centered, vain, mean, slutty songstress kept by the "Boss" (Baotian Li) of Shanghai's underworld. As usual with director Zhang Yimou every set is gorgeous and artfully planned, the story compelling, and the human psychology veracious.
We see the events through the eyes of Shuisheng (Wang ... Read More
Rating: - Thrilling and Edge of Your Seat Gangland Drama
I have read the opinion of the New Yorker and find it sadly wanting in credibility. This is a great movie with a strong plot depicting love, treachery, new horizons, personal growth, and come uppance. I recommend it without reservation. This is a masterpiece and within its fabric there are many weaves which represent a believable plot.
Rating: - A majuscule film and probably the most relevant of that year!
A country bumpkin cousin in the 1930s, is called to Shanghai to wait on the mobster's girlfriend. And we suspect, a very hazardous love affair will emerge inside this violent underworld of power, corruption and falseness, where nothing lasts forever.
One of the most visceral and complex films of this brilliant director, one of the top ten of the world.
Rating:  - An excellent film with a couple of weak spots.
This film is not in any way a typical gangster film in the American sense; it is a subtle, intricate drama of human relationships that develop around a highly nefarious criminal syndicate. Gong Li, as always, is fabulous. The story is believable, effective, and has some wonderful twists.
My only hesitation is that I found the central character of the young boy, and the framing of the film through "his eyes" as forced to the point of being grating. He is an unengaging, unendearing child. ... Read More
Rating: - Good setting and atmosphere of 1930s Shanghai violence
This 1995 Chinese film is set in the flamboyant gangster era of the 1930s in Shanghai. We see it through the eyes of a 14 year old boy who is a distant relative of the gang leader and comes from the country to work as a servant to the gangster's mistress played by the beautiful Gong Li. She's arrogant, harsh and demanding and it's easy to dislike her.
There's a gang war going on and suddenly the boss, his mistress and the boy have to go into hiding on a small island where they can't be ... Read More
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