Shanghai Triad
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| Directed by | Zhang Yimou |
| Produced by |
Yves Marmion Jean-Louis Piel Wu Yigong |
| Written by |
Bi Feiyu Novel: Li Xiao |
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| Music by | Zhang Guangtian |
| Cinematography | Lü Yue |
| Edited by | Du Yuan |
| Distributed by |
United States: Sony Pictures Classics |
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Release date
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Cannes: May 1995 United States: 22 December 1995 |
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | $2,086,101 (USA) |
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, based on Li Xiao's 1994 novel. 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 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.
Tang Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) has arrived in Shanghai to work for a Triad Boss (played by Li Baotian), also named Tang. He is taken to a warehouse where two rival groups of Triads carry out an opium deal that goes wrong, leaving one of the rival members dead. Shuisheng is then taken by his uncle to Tang's palatial home, where he is assigned to serve Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li), a cabaret singer and mistress of the Boss. It is soon learned that Jinbao is also carrying on an affair with the Boss's number two man, Song (Sun Chun).
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