Shanghai Grand

Hui Man-keung is found washed up on a beach near Shanghai and taken in by Ting Lik, a beggar. Ting Lik is in love with Fung Ching-ching, the daughter of a powerful gangster, and before long he becomes one of the strongest men in the city. The friendship between the two starts to come apart because they love the same woman, and in the Shanghai of the thirties that unravelling ends in blood. Poon Man-kit directed this loose adaptation of the 1980 television series The Bund, and the narrative is split into three parts, each turning on one of the characters. Tsui Hark produced through his company Film Workshop. Leslie Cheung plays Hui Man-keung, Andy Lau plays Ting Lik and Ning Jing the woman. It opened on 13 July 1996.