Name: Blossoms Shanghai
Released: 2024-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Hu Ge, Yili Ma, Tang Yan

TV Show · Drama

Wong Kar Wai’s first-ever television series is an intoxicating epic and an exuberant love letter to his birthplace, featuring a sprawling cast of schemers and dreamers riding the wave of market reform in the 1990s after the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s historic reopening.

2024 · 47m

Starring Hu Ge, Yili Ma, Tang Yan

Director Wong Kar-wai

EPISODE 1

8.8 Seconds

Mentored by the aging financial maestro Uncle Ye, the ambitious Ah Bao transforms himself into Mr. Bao, a rich, influential stock trader. Even after he's the victim of a hit-and-run attack that nearly kills him.
EPISODE 2

God of Wealth

Mr. Bao finds himself entangled in a stock-market fiasco that cripples many small-time traders and damages his reputation. His friends rally round him at Tokyo Nights.
EPISODE 3

Lesson One

A provincial factory manager, Mr. Fan, wants to do business with Mr. Bao, but-dazzled by Li Li and the riches he sees at the Grand Lisbon-he tries to sweeten the deal. Mr. Bao plays hardball.
EPISODE 4

Flame-Kissed Cotton

A goofy, mink-clad interloper named Mr. Wei tries to steal Mr. Fan's business, but Mr. Bao is helped by Miss Wang, his adoring contact at the Foreign Trade Office whom many people think is his girlfriend.
EPISODE 5

A Fire in the Spring

Mr. Bao and Mr. Fan sign a contract to distribute made-in-China San Yang shirts. This groundbreaking deal leads to Mr. Bao giving Miss Wang a thank-you gift that will come back to haunt them both.
EPISODE 6

Silence Is Golden

Li Li gives an enigmatic gift to Mr. Bao, who warns her that the Grand Lisbon won't last more than three months. Thanks to a brilliant marketing move by Mr. Bao, San Yang shirts become a smash hit at the hottest department store.