Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 12/12/2000
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: Mandarin
Sound: DD
Run Time: 107 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Country boy Shuisheng (
Wang Xiaoxiao) is brought to 1930s Shanghai by his uncle who wants the boy to become a member of the powerful gang ruled by manipulative Tang (
Li Baotian). In fact, Shuisheng will serve Tang's capricious mistress Bijou (
Gong Li), a nightclub singer whom the boss proclaimed "the Queen of Shanghai." When the boy's uncle and the gang's several other members die during a rival gang's unsuccessful attempt on Tang's life, the latter retreats to a remote small island, taking both Bijou and Shuisheng with him and thinking of revenge. The film's English-language title is a little bit deceiving (the original Chinese title translates to "Row, Row, Row to Grandmother's Bridge," a line in Tang's favorite song performed by Bijou), as this drama centers more on the boy's coming of age and Bijou's disillusionment than on Shanghai gang wars.
~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
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