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35 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire
1991 1h 35m ZH
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6.6TMDB Β· 51
DramaRomance
Synopsis
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A corrupt local official, Xi Men Qing, who lusts after women and money, pursues his brother's young wife, Lee Ping Er. Ping finds Men attractive, and under her drunken husband's nose, she and Men work their way through the illustrations of a pillow book, the "Golden Lotus." Men pursues the same feat with his fourth concubine, Pan Jing Lien, who lives in the compound next to Ping. Jing's jealousy compounds a tale of humiliation, childbirth, death, and depravity. Does karma or enlightenment await anyone?
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Pal Sinn Lap-Man
Hsi-Men Ching
Charlie Cho Cha-Lee
Yuk Ting Fong
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Sin Yi Gei
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Yuen Suk Lee
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Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Li Han-Hsiang
- Writers
- Li Han-Hsiang
- Languages
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong, Taiwan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan.
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Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Fong Bo-Wa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Pal Sinn Lap-Man and Charlie Cho Cha-Lee and Yuk Ting Fong carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0101963 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Only 51 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Li Han-Hsiang directs. Fong Bo-Wa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong, Taiwan. Dialogue in Cantonese, Mandarin.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 135 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.
- 3International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan.
- 4Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Editor Fong Bo-Wa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Pal Sinn Lap-Man and Charlie Cho Cha-Lee and Yuk Ting Fong carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0101963 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 51 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Fong Bo-Wa
- Runtime
- 95 min Β· 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ZH
- Certification (US)
- III
Also by
Li Han-Hsiang
Key crew
- EditorFong Bo-Wa
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- eroticism
- polygamy
- strive for the favour
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical1991-05-09III
Also known as
International titles
- The Golden Lotus "LOVE AND DESIRE"HK
- The Golden Lotus Love And DesireHK
