Shanghai Triad

This is a story about love and hatred fairy tale in sinister gang in old Shanghai.
the story's main line is Shuisheng,  who came to Shanghai from the countryside , witness the transaction between the gangs, rush, and many people died in his life.It makes the old Shanghai's darkness and evil came out bloody and beautiful performance.
I never forget the eyes of Shuisheng at the first of the movie, strange, afried, hope, and confused, everyone who comes to Shanghai is almost like this, I think the old Tang is also.
The film‘s characterized by the entire film is divided into five parts, as part of the day.In the five days,the old Shanghai, the old Chinese society, and even the humanity presenting in front of us.The total five parts, describes a story which is not complete, it needs our imagination to make it complete, in the five days, some sad, some happy,and also, there is life and dead.whit right change life in the old society was directed in a short analysis of the 100 minutes.

The second characteristic in the film is all the songs are sang by Gong Li who played the heroine Xiaojinbao in the film. Many commentators felt that this this is the flaw of the film, it should be sung by professional singers, but I think this arrangements for ulterior motives is Zhang Yimou's special purpose.Gong Li as a generation actress, for a very good grasp of the role Xiaojinbao, expressed a Shanghai Showgirl's sad, helpless, sad, strong and miserable.

The third characteristic is the scene that Xiaojin Bao, Ajiao and Shuisheng  sang "Rock rock to the grandmother bridge" together in reed beds on the island.Three of them hidden in the reeds, when it is sunset, between heaven and earth are the cage with a layer of hazy yellow yarn, good sense of the whole picture of the lens warm and quiet among the beautiful, Xiao Jinbao remove the vulgar and the dust of the camouflage, with three comfortable singing the song rhymes,which could not bear to damage.

The beginning and ending of the film echoes the use of the tactic.At the beginning of the film, "Rock rock to the grandmother bridge" the music resounded in our ears, close-up to Shuisheng, who firstly arrived in Shanghai, standing in a busy crowd, looking confused , the beginning of the film, the leaders appear straight to the point, and in the end, after a heavy rain, people dead as it planed, Shuisheng was hung upside down on the boat, and Ajiao was chating with old Tang, Ajiao wants to become a second Xiaojin Bao. So childish and miserable in our eyes.At the same time, Xiao Jinbao has been buried on the island, while struggling coins dropped out of Shuisheng's pocket, they are from Xiaojin Bao, along with the song rings, the  three coins fell into the water by piece, seems to represent Xiaojin Bao was completely disappeared.

Xiao Jinbao's story come to an end, continues to follow the story may be Ajiao, who will then is not known.No matterwho is the next, they are just Shanghai sauce,like a dance or a song.Their story is to make Shanghai still tempting and prosperous.But, unfortunately, it will coming out again and again.