- HD 1080
- Runtime: 108m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: China, France
- Director: Zhang Yimou
- Stars: Gong Li, Li Baotian, Sun Chun, Li Xuejian, Liu Jiang
- keywords: shanghai, china, chinese mafia, coming of age, mistress, criminal underworld, drug lord, triad, modern china, nightclub singer, 1930s, cabaret singer, chinese triad
- Production_studio: Alpha Films, La Sept Cinéma, UGC, Shanghai Film Studios
- Slogan: In 1930, Shanghai violence was not the problem. It was the solution.
- The Shanghai Triad is featured in the top rankings of 1995
- #69 in Top Drama Movies of 1995
- #17 in Top Crime Movies of 1995
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.