A seductive tale of sexual intrigue, "Flowers Of Shanghai" takes place in the elegant brothels of late nineteenth-century Shanghai, tracing the destinies of the beautiful "flower girls", who must win and hold the affections of their wealthy callers.
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A mesmerizing and seductive tale of sexual intrigue, Flowers Of Shanghai takes place in the elegant brothels of late nineteenth-century Shanghai. An insular worls with its own highly ritualized codes of behavior, the film traces the destinies of the beautiful "flower girls", whose lives depended on their ability to win, and then hold, the affections of their wealthy callers. Starring Hong Kong film star and recording artist Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (In The Mood For Love, Hard Boiled) as Master Wang, Flowers Of Shanghai was Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first film set outside of Taiwan.
IIB - "Adult Material; Parental Guidance Recommended" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "R") Films rated Category IIB contain large amounts of violence and/or nudity and sexual situations in addition to possible explicit language and adult situations.
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