
Shanghai Grand
Love for the same woman threatens the friendship of two 1930s Shanghai gangsters.
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Release Date
7/13/1996Runtime
96 minsOverview
Hui Man Keung is washed up on a beach near Shanghai. He is taken in by Ding Lik, a kindly beggar who is in love with Fung Ching Ching, the daughter of a prominent gangster. It isn't long before Ding Lik rises through the underworld ranks to become one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
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A 1930s Shanghai crime saga where two men's bond fractures under the weight of ambition and desire for the same woman. It's a stylish noir-tinged thriller that treats its gangster rise with operatic romance.
Mood
TenseMelancholicRomantic
Themes
LoveFriendshipBetrayalAmbition
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
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Graphic violence
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