Based on an 1894 novel by Han Ziyun, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI explores the lavish, elegant, and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Master Wang (played by Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) and his friends are wealthy, privileged officials who spend all of their leisure time playing drinking games, eating .. Read more
| Starring | Shuan Fang, Michiko Hada |
|---|---|
| Director | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
| Genres | World Cinema |
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Based on an 1894 novel by Han Ziyun, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI explores the lavish, elegant, and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Master Wang (played by Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) and his friends are wealthy, privileged officials who spend all of their leisure time playing drinking games, eating rich foods, gambling, and smoking pipes full of opium, when visiting their favorite "flower girls." While the men are entertained and indulged in all forms of consumerism, the women tend to the hard business of sexual commerce: paying their bills, keeping close watch over their callers, and trying to save enough to buy their freedom.
| Starring | Shuan Fang, Michiko Hada |
|---|---|
| Director | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese |
| Released | Production year: 1998 To Rent: DVD: not available |
Entirely studio shot, Hou's most formally daring film to date is less an adaptation of a century old novel by Han Ziyun... read more on Time Out
Ang Lee's new film - his second filmed in China, after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his first since the acclaimed Brokeback Mountain - begins with such an intensely observed game of mahjong you half expect the Hulk to appear from underneath the table and scatter these society ladies who have so little to talk about but their husbands, business, and black market goods. We are in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, 1942. The hostess, Mrs Yee (Joan Chen), is sitting pretty. Her husband (Tony Leung) Read more
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