“Five Minutes”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Xin Zhilei, Huang Jue

Qiang and Bao have dinner at the Grand Lisbon and wind up bigger enemies than before. Each backs a rival company that’s fighting for the only government-approved slot to launch an IPO.

“No Shortcuts”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Tang Yan, You Benchang

Across town, Miss Wang begins competing with Mr. Bao to win a huge order for jeans with Walmart. While Uncle Ye and Miss Wang jockey to get the Walmart order, Mr. Bao and Qiang begin a stock-market batt...

“Only One Loses”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Xin Zhilei, Tang Yan

Things get deadlier. After stock-market losses, Mei Lin’s debt-ridden husband dies in a fall. Li Li mortgages the Grand Lisbon to fund Mr. Bao. Miss Wang begins looking for garment factories for the Wal...

“Shenzhen”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Tang Yan, Dong Yong

Miss Wang heads south to find a factory that will make jeans cheaply enough to win the order. Against his own interests, Mr. Bao secretly helps her.

“Kindness of Stranger”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei

Miss Wang scores her first big success, outwitting everyone to win the Walmart contract. Learning of his first love’s death, Mr. Bao looks for company. With Ling Zi and Miss Wang out of his life, ...

“Gone with the Wind”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, You Benchang, Huang Jue

Uncle Ye and Mr. Bao come to an understanding. The latter steels himself for another skirmish with Qiang, who is working ruthlessly to cut off Mr. Bao’s capital sources.

“Thank You”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Huang Jue

The final showdown: While Mr. Bao desperately seeks a way to escape intact from the stock market, his estranged friends Tao Tao and Ling Zi make peace without him. Qiang keeps pushing, and Mr. Bao throws a Hai...

“Silence Reigns”
Directed by Wong Kar Wai • 2024 • China
Starring Hu Ge, Tang Yan, Ma Yili

The world we’ve been watching has been totally changed since Episode 1. The suddenly successful Miss Wang returns to Shanghai to find that Mr. Bao has moved out of his fancy hotel suite, Li Li has settled ...

In this look behind the scenes at BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI, director Wong Kar Wai explores his relationship to his birthplace of Shanghai, while key crew members discuss the series’ stunning recreation of the city in the roaring 1990s.