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Shanghai Triad
CHINA · 1995

Shanghai Triad

Zhang Yimou
organized crime power dynamics corruption urban underworld coming of age
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Synopsis

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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