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Shanghai Blues
Directed by
Tsui Hark
1985
1h 43m
Comedy
,
Romance
,
and more
7.0
64%
6.8
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During a 1937 Shanghai bombing, a soldier and a woman meet under a bridge and promise to reunite post-war. 10 years later, she's a singer who helps a country girl. The girl falls for her upstairs neighbor - the same soldier.
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Cast of Shanghai Blues
Kenny Bee
Tung Kwok-Man
Sylvia Chang
Shu-Shu
Sally Yeh
Stool
Tin Ching
King Clown
Loletta Lee Lai-Chun
Stutterer
Shing Fui-On
Gangster
Manfred Wong Man-Chun
Gangster
Fung Ging-Man
Bald Rich Man Being Kissed
Woo Fung
Nightclub Manager
Patrick Lung Kong
Big Boss
Yue Ga-Hei
Helen Ma Hoi-Lun
Chow Siu-sin
Huang Man
Chairman Yu
Tung Lo
Beggar
Ng Hon-Keung
Policeman / Assistant Director
Siu Kin-Hang
Chang Diy-Mei
Tang Siu-Lam
Original Music Composer
Ding Yue
Mr. Ma
Henry Fong Ping
Shanghai Blues Ratings & Reviews
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
Mostly it's a melee of intricately worked-out slapstick, which the performers gamely plunge into almost non-stop. The level of frantic energy sustained can be a little exhausting. Still, it's fun.
There Were No Gods Left
Joshua Polanski
Shanghai Blues will always be a brilliant romantic comedy.
Film Inquiry
Lee Jutton
Shanghai Blues is a vibrant mix of slapstick, sweetness, and song that has been beautifully restored in 4K for its 40th anniversary.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
With "Blues," Tsui found a slapstick comedy register that he would continue to refine and expand over his career, one that would inform even the more serious period epics he would make in the future.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A silly, lovable screwball comedy. (It even pays homage to Howard Hawks's 'Bringing Up Baby.')
Casey's Movie Mania
Casey Chong
Tsui Hark's exuberant screwball romantic comedy classic.
Auteurist Class (Substack)
Peter Sobczynski
it looks beautiful throughout, the three lead performers are effortlessly charming and charismatic as they go through their paces and it does have a delirious romantic tone to it that is enchanting throughout.
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