Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao

1995 [CHINESE]

Action / Crime / Drama / History / Romance / Thriller

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90% · 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 6465 6.5K

shanghai, china chinese mafia coming of age mistress criminal underworld drug lord

Please enable your VPΝ when downloading torrents

If you torrent without a VPΝ, your ISP can see that you're torrenting and may throttle your connection and get fined by legal action!

Get Expert VPΝ

Plot summary

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.

Director

Yimou Zhang Photo
Yimou Zhang

Top cast

Li Gong Photo
Li Gong as Xiao Jingbao
Jiang Liu Photo
Jiang Liu as Fat Yu
Lian Shuliang Photo
Lian Shuliang as
Shu Chen Photo
Shu Chen as Shi Ye
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
992.18 MB
1280*682
Chinese 2.0
R
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 2
1.8 GB
1920*1024
Chinese 2.0
R
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Matthew D 10 / 10

Gong Li is resplendent in this intriguing look

Gong Li is resplendent in this intriguing look inside Triad mob violence and the inner sorrows of women. Director Zhang Yimou’s Chinese crime drama Shanghai Triad (1995) is fantastic! Shanghai Triad is sort of like Zhang Yimou’s take on Goodfellas through a boy’s perspective. Wang Xiaoxiao is excellent and sympathetic as the young country boy Tang Shuisheng, who is Gong Li’s servant. Gong Li is gorgeous and amusing as the wickedly cruel Shanghai nightclub singer Bijour, who is referred to as Xiao Jinbao. She is the Tang Triad boss’ mistress. She is so entertaining, whether singing her silly songs or abusing her wait staff. Gong Li is a beautiful and mesmerizing woman with a vicious personality as Jinbao. Her cruelty to her servants is amplified by her dangerous affair. You get her inner misery immediately behind her forlorn singing and sultry dances at the nightclub. Gong Li demonstrates how a woman’s power then depended on the man she was with in this Triad.
Reviewed by Alec B 5 / 10

The tragedy of the ending is hurt by

The tragedy of the ending is hurt by the meandering narrative that precedes it (I do like the nightclub scenes but I think they should have added a lot more character focused material to balance this out) which is a shame because the cinematography and set/costume designs are exquisite.
Reviewed by Stephen C 10 / 10

Success in 1 hour and 48 minutes

Success in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Read more IMDb reviews

4 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment