Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad
Traditional Chinese	搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋
Simplified Chinese	摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥
Literal meaning	Row, Row, Row to Grandma's Bridge
Hanyu Pinyin	Yáo a Yáo, Yáo Dào Wàipó Qiáo
Directed by	Zhang Yimou
Written by	Bi Feiyu
Based on	Rules of a Clan by Li Xiao
Produced by	Yves Marmion Jean-Louis Piel Wu Yigong
Starring	Gong Li Li Baotian Li Xuejian Sun Chun Wang Xiaoxiao
Cinematography	Lü Yue
Edited by	Du Yuan
Music by	Zhang Guangtian
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics (U.S.)
Release dates	May 1995 (1995-05) (Cannes) 22 December 1995 (1995-12-22) (U.S.)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	$2,086,101 (USA)

Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese crime-drama film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The script is written by Bi Feiyu based on Li Xiao's 1994 novel Rules of a Clan (门规). The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai, Republic of China and spans seven days. Shanghai Triad's Chinese title reads "Row, row, row to Grandma Bridge", refers to a well known traditional Chinese lullaby.^[1]

The film was the last collaboration between Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li in the 1990s, thus ending a successful partnership that had begun with Zhang's debut, Red Sorghum, and had evolved into a romantic relationship as well. With the wrapping of filming for Shanghai Triad the two agreed to end their relationship both professionally and personally.^[2] Gong Li and Zhang Yimou would not work together again until 2006's Curse of the Golden Flower.