Edition |
Widescreen version. |
Descript |
1 videocassette (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
Note |
Mandarin dialogue, English subtitles. |
Performer |
Tony Leung, Michiko Hada, Michele Monique Reis, Carina Lau, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan, Vicky Wei. |
Credits |
Cinematographer, Mark Lee Ping-Bin ; music, Yoshihiro Hanno ; production designer, Hwarng Wern-Ying. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. |
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Based on the novel by Han Ziyun. |
Summary |
Set in late nineteenth-century Shanghai and takes place in an elegant brothel. With its own highly ritualized codes of behavior, the lives of the "Flower girls" depend on their ability to win, and then keep, the affections of their wealthy callers. |
Audience |
MPAA rating:Not rated. |
Note |
Also issued on DVD. |
System Det |
VHS. |
Access |
Video version restricted to private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may also apply. Any other use without license is in violation of copyright law. |
Awards |
Asia-Pacific Film Festival: 1998, Best Art Director (Wen-Ying Huang); Best Director (Hsiao-hsien Hou) |
Subject |
Shanghai (China) -- Prostitution -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Prostitution -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Subject |
Video recordings.
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Genre |
Foreign films.
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Alt Author |
Teng-Kuei, Yang.
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Ichiyama, Shozo.
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Tien-Wen, Chu.
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Hsiao-Hsien, Hou.
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Leung, Tony Chiu Wai, 1962-
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Hada, Michiko.
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Reis, Michele Monique.
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Lau, Carina.
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Kao, Jack.
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Pan, Dihua.
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Wei, Vicky.
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Ping-Bin, Mark Lee.
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Hanno, Yoshihiro.
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Wern-Ying, Hwarng.
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Ziyun, Han.
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WinStar Cinema (Firm)
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Sh¯ochiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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3H Film Productions (Firm)
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Fox Lorber Films.
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WinStar TV and Video (Firm)
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Alt Title |
Hai shang hua |
ISBN/ISSN |
0794201040 |
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