Shanghai Grand

Shanghai Grand

Love for the same woman threatens the friendship of two 1930s Shanghai gangsters.

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Release Date

7/13/1996

Runtime

96 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

cn

Budget

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Revenue

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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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