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Flowers of Shanghai [videorecording] / Hai shang hua lie chuan Winstar Cinema release, Shochiku Co., Ltd. presents a 3H Film Productions of a film by Hou Hsiao-Hsien ; producers, Yang Teng-Kuei, Shozo Ichiyama ; screenplay writer, Chu Tien-Wen ; director, Hou Hsiao-Hsien. - Widescreen version. - New York, NY : Fox Lorber Films ; distributed by Winstar Home Video, [2001], c1998. - 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the novel by Han Ziyun. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.

Cinematographer, Mark Lee Ping-Bin ; music, Yoshihiro Hanno ; production designer, Hwarng Wern-Ying. Cinematographer, Mark Lee Ping-Bin ; music, Yoshihiro Hanno ; production designer, Hwarng Wern-Ying.

Tony Leung, Michiko Hada, Michele Monique Reis, Carina Lau, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan, Vicky Wei.

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.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD.


Mandarin dialogue, English subtitles.

Asia-Pacific Film Festival: 1998, Best Art Director (Wen-Ying Huang); Best Director (Hsiao-hsien Hou)

ISBN: 0794201059

Standard No.: 720917528922

Publisher. No.: FLV5289 Fox Lorber Films

Subjects--Topical Terms:
DVD.
Feature films.
Prostitution--19th century--Drama.
Video recordings.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Shanghai (China)--Prostitution--19th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Foreign films.