Shanghai Blues
1984 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 671 VOTES · DIR. Tsui Hark
Overview
In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't know each other's name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,310 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:14 A Film Workshop Production
00:03:36 Forget it, no more clowns were leaving.
00:08:22 I made you come because the leader couldn't find a tuba player.
00:13:05 Don't you have any pity for me? Huh? Huh? Huh?
00:16:44 Don't you know I need the money?
00:21:13 However, I don't want to commit suicide.
00:26:02 Over here.
00:32:18 I did not go there ten years ago, it was yesterday.
00:35:31 I don't want to waste my life dancing here.
00:39:35 Never insult a woman, because ohe day she could be your boss.
00:44:31 Fight the war, and balls to all! The toilets stink, because were finks!
00:48:16 You've got nothing on underneath!
00:52:13 Then, let's go there together. Let's go.
00:55:37 It's her!
00:58:28 I swear to you that nothing happened between us.
01:03:15 Wrong guy, It's me. Why didn't you say so.
01:07:14 Look at that one.
01:11:32 This is for you.
01:15:06 Come here! Don't move either.
01:19:03 I've no more hope anyway.
01:23:29 It was so dangerous, so we hid underneath that bridge.
01:28:05 This dumb guy came in, he took his clothes off and got in bed.
01:31:46 Not so hard, that hurts.
500:01:00 Get it beefore they go up.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,310
Dialogue density12.7 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line500:01:00
Production Record
DirectorTsui Hark
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes671