Flowers of Shanghai

Starring: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, et al.

Product Description

An intoxicating, time-bending experience bathed in the golden glow of oil lamps and wreathed in an opium haze, this gorgeous period reverie by Hou Hsiao-hsien traces the romantic intrigue, jealousies, and tensions swirling around four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses," where the courtesans live confined to a gilded cage, ensconced in opulent splendor but forced to work to buy back their freedom. Among the regular clients is the taciturn...

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 715515258913
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: The Criterion Collection
• Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
• Starring: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan, Vicky Wei, Hsuan Fang, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Ming Hsu
• Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Subtitled; NTSC
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.