Shanghai Triad
In 1930, Shanghai violence was not the problem. It was the solution.
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9/14/1995Runtime
108 minsOverview
Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.
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ChineseBudget
$2,300,000Revenue
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A visually sumptuous descent into 1930s Shanghai's criminal underworld, told through the eyes of a wide-eyed country boy gradually inducted into a world of glamour, violence, and paranoia. The film luxuriates in its period detail while tightening its grip on moral compromise.
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