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Flowers of Shanghai is a 1998 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is based on the novel The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai (1892) by Han Bangqing, which was originally written in the Wu language (吳語) and translated into Mandarin Chinese by Eileen Chang.
Composed in a languorous procession of entrancing long takes, Flowers of Shanghai evokes a vanished world of decadence and cruelty, an insular universe where much of the dramatic action remains tantalizingly offscreen—even as its emotional fallout registers with quiet devastation.
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Oct 17, 1998 · Flowers of Shanghai: Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau. In the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.
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- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- 1998-10-17
May 17, 2021 · Composed in a languorous procession of entrancing long takes, Flowers of Shanghai evokes a vanished world of decadence and cruelty, an insular universe where much of the dramatic action remains tantalizingly offscreen—even as its emotional fallout registers with quiet devastation.
Flowers of Shanghai Released Sep 11, 1998 2h 5m Drama List 93% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 78% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Women struggle in a Shanghai brothel where everything only appears to...
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- Shuan Fang
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Composed in a languorous procession of entrancing long takes, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI evokes a vanished world of decadence and cruelty, an insular universe where much of the...
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May 18, 2021 · Flowers of Shanghai brought new attention to one of the most acclaimed works of nineteenth-century Chinese literature, a key example of the late-Qing-dynasty courtesan novels that capture the demimonde that thrived in the semicolonial port city.
