Shanghai Triad is the exciting film by reknowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. This story is about a young boy, Tang Shuisheng who just arrived in Shanghai working as a servant in a Triad owned nightclub. He is assigned to Bijou, a cabaret singer and girlfriend of Tang, the Triad Boss. Bijou is cheating on the Boss with Song, whom the Boss suspects is planning to betray him. After a bloody gang fight in which Shuisheng's uncle dies, the Boss and a small entourage retreat to a peasants' island. There, Bijou befriends Cuihau, an unassuming woman who prepares meals for the visitors. Bijou unwittingly gets Cuihau and her brother-in-law killed. Song arrives and the Boss calmly confronts him with evidence of his treachery. The gang kills Song and Bijou. The Boss takes Ajiao back to Shanghai with him (saying she will be the new Bijou when she is older), along with Shuisheng tied to the sails of the ship.
DVD, 106 minutes, Mandarin Chinese, with Chinese and English subtitles.
