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* LoveTriangle:
** Daqi has feelings for both Zhiqiu and Bao, who both reciprocate.
** Zhiqiu has feelings for both Daqi and Zhaimei, who both reciprocate.
** Daqi has feelings for both Zhiqiu and Bao, who both reciprocate.
** Zhiqiu has feelings for both Daqi and Zhaimei, who both reciprocate.
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* TriangRelations:
** Type 7 for Daqi: he has feelings for both Zhiqiu and Bao, who both reciprocate.
** Type 7 for Zhiqiu too: she has feelings for both Daqi and Zhaimei, who both reciprocate.
** Type 7 for Daqi: he has feelings for both Zhiqiu and Bao, who both reciprocate.
** Type 7 for Zhiqiu too: she has feelings for both Daqi and Zhaimei, who both reciprocate.
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* OldFlame: Cheng Daqi and Ye Zhiqiu meet again some 20 years after their last meeting in Beijing. They are both married now, but they realize that they still have feelings for each other.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** Captain Pei has an affair with the wife of Daqi's boss. The boss wants to catch them in the act.
** Hong Shouting cheats on his wife with a young woman. His wife is planning to divorce him.
** Captain Pei has an affair with the wife of Daqi's boss. The boss wants to catch them in the act.
** Hong Shouting cheats on his wife with a young woman. His wife is planning to divorce him.
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* HeroicBloodshed: Greatly pays homage to this genre, being a story of rising within the triads, the power struggle that comes within, shootouts with characters going GunsAkimbo, loads and loads of extras getting shot, and starring the '''definite''' icon of Heroic Bloodshed cinema, Chow Yun-fat in a key role.
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* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, at the beginning he is a corrupt army officer, by then he is in league with the Japanese.
* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
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* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
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* BolivianArmyEnding: In the end Daqi's car was stopped by a large number of Japanese troops. Daqi refused to surrender with the credits fade to black just after they begin shooting.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The fate of General Nishino and many collaborators in the hall when the dancers throw their spears at them.
* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, at the beginning he is a corrupt army officer, by then he is in league with the Japanese.
* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, at the beginning he is a corrupt army officer, by then he is in league with the Japanese.
* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: The main characters are expies of historical figures: Cheng Daqi is based on Du Yuesheng, Hong Shouting on Huang Jinrong, Mao Zai on Dai Li, Ye Zhiqiu on Meng Xiaodong, Ling Husheng on Lin Jiasheng, and Lin Huai on Lin Huaibu.
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* AssassinationAttempt: General Nishino is killed while he is attending a Beijing opera show. A preformer simple throws a spear at him.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[ActorISTheTitleCharacter Chow Yun Fat is the Last Tycoon]] ]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first PutDownYourGunAndStepAway (in the church) foreshadows the second one (in the theatre). After the first one, Zhiqiu even tells Daqi: "I can't handle a recurrence of what happened yesterday."
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* {{Frameup}}: In the beginning, Cheng Daqi is framed up for the murder of his boss and the rape of his boss's wife by the lover of his boss's wife.
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* {{Frameup}}: In the beginning, Cheng Captain Pei, the lover of the wife of Daqi's boss, frames Daqi is framed up for the murder of his boss and the attempted rape of his boss's wife by the lover of his boss's wife.
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* VillainousRescue: Captain Pei frames Daqi up for the murder of Daqi's boss. Daqi is on death row, when Mao Zai, the main villain of the film, frees him.
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* DashedPlotLine: Only key events of Daqi's life are told (in anachronic order). His departure from his native village in 1913, his meeting with Zhiqiu in Beijing in 1915, his role in the battle of Shanghai in 1937, his return to Shanghai in the 1940's...
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* AssassinationAttempt: General Nishino is killed while he is attending a Beijing opera show. A preformer simple throws a spear at him.
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* DistressedDude: Hong Shouting is caught by Lu Xiaojia and Daqi has to free him.
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* EvilMentor: Mao Zai teaches Daqi to kill. He suggests him to go to Shanghai to become a gangster. In the end, he becomes allied with the Japanese and Daqi must fight him.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: To avenge his mentor Hong Shouting, who has gone crazy, and his wife, who died in prison, Daqi and the Resistance stage an attack in the theatre and they kill Nishino, Mao Zai and many collaborators and Japanese soldiers in the process.
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* EpicMovie: A historical movie with many characters, recontructions of streets, of battles, etc.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Lin's fate. In order to help Daqi to escape, he confronts the Japanese soldiers alone and he blows up his explosive belt.
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* AbusiveParents: Zhiqiu's father beats her because she practice stick dance.
* AlmostDeadGuy: In the prison, Hong Shouting's wife survives long enough to have a little chat with Daqi when he comes to free her, then she dies.
* AlmostDeadGuy: In the prison, Hong Shouting's wife survives long enough to have a little chat with Daqi when he comes to free her, then she dies.
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* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, who is appointed governor by the Japanese. Lu Xiaojia also collaborates with the Japanese.
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* BloodstainedGlassWindows: Daqi meets Zhiqiu in a church when assassins shows up. Daqi manages to kill them all in the church.
* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, who is appointed governor by the Japanese. Lu Xiaojia also collaborates with theJapanese.Japanese and he is appointed mayor of Shanghai.
* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, who is appointed governor by the Japanese. Lu Xiaojia also collaborates with the
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Lu Xiaojia kills his father for going against the Japanese army.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Nishino and Mao Zai offer Daqi to become the mayor of Shanghai. Daqi pretends to accept.
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* MissingMom: Zhiqiu's background. Her FantasyForbiddingFather raised her alone. She promised her mother on her deathbed to play the female warrior.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** Captain Pei has an affair with the wife of Daqi's boss. The boss wants to catch them in the act.
** Hong Shouting cheats on his wife with a young woman. His wife is planning to divorce him.
** Captain Pei has an affair with the wife of Daqi's boss. The boss wants to catch them in the act.
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* DamselInDistress:
** In the church where she meets Daqi, Zhiqiu is held at gunpoint by an assassin. Daqi manages to save her. The same situation happens again years later in the theater. This time Bao manages to save her.
** Hong Shouting's wife is kept prisoner by the Japanese. Daqi tries to free her, but she dies before she can escape.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Daqi loves both Bao and Zhiqiu. Bao is killed in the end, in an attempt to save Daqi and Zhiqiu.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Zhiqiu's father does not want her to become an opera singer. When he comes back home and he catches her practicing stick dance, he is furious and beats her.
** In the church where she meets Daqi, Zhiqiu is held at gunpoint by an assassin. Daqi manages to save her. The same situation happens again years later in the theater. This time Bao manages to save her.
** Hong Shouting's wife is kept prisoner by the Japanese. Daqi tries to free her, but she dies before she can escape.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Daqi loves both Bao and Zhiqiu. Bao is killed in the end, in an attempt to save Daqi and Zhiqiu.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Zhiqiu's father does not want her to become an opera singer. When he comes back home and he catches her practicing stick dance, he is furious and beats her.
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* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: Ye Zhiqiu's first lover is Cheng Daqi, who becomes a mob boss. She breaks up with him because she does not want to live a dangerous life. She gets married with the serious Cheng Zhaimei. Years later, when Zhiqiu meets Daqi again, she realizes that she still has feelings for him.
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* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Hong Shouting and Cheng Daqi are mob bosses, but they are more honest than the National Revolutionary Army. They participate in the defense of Shanghai against the Japanese, then Daqi joins LaResistance.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Happens twice.
** First when Daqi and Zhiqiu meet in a church. Daqi outguns them, but an assassin takes Zhiqiu hostage and asks him to put down his gun. Daqi manages to shoot him down.
** Then in the theater, Mao Zai takes Zhiqiu hostage and asks Daqi to put down his gun. Bao shows up and manages to save Daqi and Zhiqiu, but she is killed in the shootout.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Happens twice.
** First when Daqi and Zhiqiu meet in a church. Daqi outguns them, but an assassin takes Zhiqiu hostage and asks him to put down his gun. Daqi manages to shoot him down.
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* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Hong Shouting and Cheng Daqi are Chinese mob bosses.
* TriangRelations:
** Type 7 for Daqi: he has feelings for both Zhiqiu and Bao, who both reciprocate.
** Type 7 for Zhiqiu too: she has feelings for both Daqi and Zhaimei, who both reciprocate.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Loosely based on the life of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Yuesheng Du Yuesheng]], a Shanghai mob boss.
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** Type 7 for Daqi: he has feelings for both Zhiqiu and Bao, who both reciprocate.
** Type 7 for Zhiqiu too: she has feelings for both Daqi and Zhaimei, who both reciprocate.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Loosely based on the life of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Yuesheng Du Yuesheng]], a Shanghai mob boss.
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''The Last Tycoon'' is a 2012 Chinese film directed by Creator/WongJing, starring Creator/ChowYunFat, Creator/SammoHung, Creator/FrancisNg and Creator/HuangXiaoming. It is loosely based on the life of Du Yuesheng, a Shanghai mob boss.
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''The Last Tycoon'' is a 2012 Chinese Hong Kong film directed by Creator/WongJing, starring Creator/ChowYunFat, Creator/SammoHung, Creator/FrancisNg and Creator/HuangXiaoming. It is loosely based on the life of Du Yuesheng, a Shanghai mob boss.
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''The Last Tycoon'' is a 2012 Chinese film directed by Creator/WongJing, starring Creator/ChowYunFat, Creator/SammoHung, Creator/FrancisNg and Creator/HuangXiaoming. It is loosely based on the life of Du Yuesheng, a Shanghai mob boss.
In a small Chinese town in the 1910s, a young man, Cheng Daqi, is framed for a murder he did not commit. He escapes from the prison with the help of Mao Zai, a military officer who was in jail with him. Daqi has to flee to Shanghai, where he becomes a mobster, while his love interest, Ye Zhiqiu, goes to Beijing to become an opera singer.
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* AnachronicOrder: The first scene where Daqi attends a Chinese opera show actually happens just before the climax of the film. Then the film recounts Daqi's life from the 1910's to that point in an anachronic order.
* AtTheOperaTonight: The climax of the film is a Chinese opera show that turns into a battle between the Japanese soldiers and the Chinese collaborators and LaResistance.
* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, who is appointed governor by the Japanese. Lu Xiaojia also collaborates with the Japanese.
* {{Frameup}}: In the beginning, Cheng Daqi is framed up for the murder of his boss and the rape of his boss's wife by the lover of his boss's wife.
* HowWeGotHere: In the first scene, Daqi is going to attend a Chinese opera show in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation. Then the film recounts Daqi's life from the 1910's to that point.
* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
* StarCrossedLovers: Cheng Daqi and Ye Zhiqiu. They fell in love with each other in their native village, but Daqi has to flee to Shanghai, while Zhiqiu goes to Beijing to become an opera singer. Two years later, Daqi meets her in Beijing, but assassins attack them. Zhiqiu realizes that Daqi is a mobster and she breaks up with him because she does not want to live a dangerous life. They meet again some 20 years later when they are both married and they realize that they still have feelings for each other.
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In a small Chinese town in the 1910s, a young man, Cheng Daqi, is framed for a murder he did not commit. He escapes from the prison with the help of Mao Zai, a military officer who was in jail with him. Daqi has to flee to Shanghai, where he becomes a mobster, while his love interest, Ye Zhiqiu, goes to Beijing to become an opera singer.
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!!''The Last Tycoon'' provides examples of:
* AnachronicOrder: The first scene where Daqi attends a Chinese opera show actually happens just before the climax of the film. Then the film recounts Daqi's life from the 1910's to that point in an anachronic order.
* AtTheOperaTonight: The climax of the film is a Chinese opera show that turns into a battle between the Japanese soldiers and the Chinese collaborators and LaResistance.
* LesCollaborateurs: Mao Zai, who is appointed governor by the Japanese. Lu Xiaojia also collaborates with the Japanese.
* {{Frameup}}: In the beginning, Cheng Daqi is framed up for the murder of his boss and the rape of his boss's wife by the lover of his boss's wife.
* HowWeGotHere: In the first scene, Daqi is going to attend a Chinese opera show in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation. Then the film recounts Daqi's life from the 1910's to that point.
* LaResistance: Daqi becomes a member of the Resistance during the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese army, while posing as a collaborator. He organizes the murder of a Japanese general and the release of Chinese prisoners.
* StarCrossedLovers: Cheng Daqi and Ye Zhiqiu. They fell in love with each other in their native village, but Daqi has to flee to Shanghai, while Zhiqiu goes to Beijing to become an opera singer. Two years later, Daqi meets her in Beijing, but assassins attack them. Zhiqiu realizes that Daqi is a mobster and she breaks up with him because she does not want to live a dangerous life. They meet again some 20 years later when they are both married and they realize that they still have feelings for each other.
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