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Hai shang hua = Flowers of Shanghai / 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.
LIBRA DVD 003 437
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894--Film adaptations.
- Han, Bangqing.
- Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894.
- Prostitution.
- Shanghai (China)--Prostitution--19th century--Drama.
- Shanghai (China).
- Prostitution--19th century--Drama.
- Motion pictures, Chinese.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Flowers of Shanghai
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Fox Lorber Films : distributed by Winstar Home Video, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Mandarin dialogue, English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD ; Stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In late nineteenth-century Shanghai 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.
- Participant:
- Tony Leung, Michiko Hada, Michele Monique Reis, Carina Lau, Jack Gao, Rebecca Ban, Vicky Wei.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Mark Lee Bing-Bin ; music, Yoshihiro Hanno.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Han Ziyun.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
- Asia-Pacific Film Festival: 1998, Best Art Director (Wen-Ying Huang); Best Director (Hsiao-hsien Hou)
- ISBN:
- 0794201059
- OCLC:
- 47768320
- Publisher Number:
- 720917528922
- FLV5289 Fox Lorber Films
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