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.

2016 film by Cheang Pou-soi

1993 film by Lee Lik-chi

1994 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou

1988 film by Zhang Yimou

2005 film directed by Rob Marshall

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.