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Election 2 (literal title: Black Society: Harmony is a Virtue), also known as Triad Election in the United States, is a 2006 Category III Hong Kong crime film directed by Johnnie To with a large ensemble cast including Louis Koo, Simon Yam and Nick Cheung.
Apr 27, 2006 · Election 2: Directed by Johnnie To. With Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Ka-Tung Lam. As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Johnnie To
- 2006-04-27
Election (Chinese: 黑社會; literal title: Black Society, a common Cantonese reference to the triads), is a 2005 Hong Kong crime film directed by Johnnie To. Featuring a large ensemble cast, the film stars Simon Yam and Tony Leung Ka-fai as two gang leaders engaged in a power struggle to become the new leader of a Hong Kong triad.
Jul 13, 2009 · Jimmy, a twenty-first century gangster with an MBA, is their rising star. It is time to elect a new chairman and Jimmy see ...more. Wo Shing is Hong Kong's oldest Triad Society. Under the ...
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Apr 25, 2007 · April 25, 2007. The surfaces gleam as luxuriously in Johnnie To’s exemplary gangster thriller “Triad Election” as those in a similarly slicked-up Hollywood film, but the blood on the...
Johnnie To's "Election 2" (AKA "Triad Election") not only continues the story of the characters set in the first "Election," but it is such a superlative film compared to its predecessor that it can rightfully stand on its own as a masterpiece of the genre.