Flowers of Shanghai, producers, Teng-Kuei Yang, Shozo Ichiyama ; writer, T'ien-wen Chu ; directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Label
Flowers of Shanghai, producers, Teng-Kuei Yang, Shozo Ichiyama ; writer, T'ien-wen Chu ; directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Language
chi
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Unrated
Main title
Flowers of Shanghai
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
1250030666
Responsibility statement
producers, Teng-Kuei Yang, Shozo Ichiyama ; writer, T'ien-wen Chu ; directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Runtime
113
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 1077
Summary
In four late nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses", courtesans live confined to opulent splendor, but are forced to work to buy back their freedom, and romantic intrigue, jealousies and tensions roil around their assignations.
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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- DVD-Video discs
- Motion pictures
- Brothels
- Drama
- History
- Prostitutes
- Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Brothels -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- 1800-1899
- Prostitutes -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships
- China + Shanghai
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894 -- Film adaptations
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- DVD-Video discs
- Motion pictures
- Brothels
- Drama
- History
- Prostitutes
- Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Brothels -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- 1800-1899
- Prostitutes -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships
- China + Shanghai
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894 -- Film adaptations
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