Movie: The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire

Top 5 Billed Cast

Pal Sinn Lap-Man
單立文

Hsi-Men Ching

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee
曹查理

Yuk Ting Fong
Yuk Ting Fong

潘金莲

Sin Yi Gei
Sin Yi Gei

李瓶儿

Yuen Suk Lee
Yuen Suk Lee

春梅

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    A corrupt local official, Xi Men Qing, who lusts after women and money, pursues his brother's young wife, Lee Ping Er. Ping finds Men attractive, and under her drunken husband's nose, she and Men work their way through the illustrations of a pillow book, the "Golden Lotus." Men pursues the same feat with his fourth concubine, Pan Jing Lien, who lives in the compound next to Ping. Jing's jealousy compounds a tale of humiliation, childbirth, death, and depravity. Does karma or enlightenment await anyone?

  • Release Date

    1991-05-09

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    6.663

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    广州话 / 廣州話普通话
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