Flowers of Shanghai
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Tony Leung, Yukita Michiko, Gigi Leung, Lee Ka Ying, Ko Ji-seok, Pan Di-hua, Ye Nengjing, Wei Xiaohui, Fang Xuan, Chen Baolian, Xu An'an, Xia Yi, Xie Yan, Xu Ming
1998
Taiwan, China, Japan
Completed
Cantonese, Shanghainese
113 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as海上花，is aTaiwan, China, JapanProducerwomen sex，At1998Released in year
。The dialogue language isCantonese, Shanghainese，Current Douban rating8.2(For reference only)。
The film is adapted from Eileen Chang's novel "The Flower of Shanghai", which she had "translated" into Mandarin from the Wu dialect. In a high-end brothel named "Chang San Apartments" in the Shanghai International Settlement, the courtesans Shen Xiaohong (Yukita Michiko), Huang Cuifeng (Lee Ka Ying), and Zhou Shuangzhu (Gigi Leung) each have different concerns: one wants to establish a long-term relationship with a certain man, another is juggling multiple men while secretly fixating on the wealthiest and most idle one to help her buy her freedom in the future, and the last is kind-hearted but disillusioned with life, believing that life is merely this. Several women use survival, competition, and cunning as weapons to engage in the gender (and same-sex) struggle, while the men who visit the brothel throw out money, power, and sex, countering each move.