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Synopsis: Not far from Shanghai, in a country twon stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older brother, Zhengda, is addicted as well, and then paralysed and effectively brain-dead. Zhongliang, Zhengda's brother-in-law, is a successful gigolo in Shanghai who seduces married older women and then blackmails them. When Older Master Pang dies, the clan elders makes Ruyi to take over the role as the head of the household. Zhongliang returns to the Pang family on the death of Old Master Pang, re-encounters Ruyi, and they are secretly attracted to each other. Wanting to seem sophisticated, she succumbs to Zhongliang's attempts to seduce her. But in the emotional maelstrom that follows - for the angry, jealous and sexually frustrated sister (Zhengda's wife) is also part of the picture...
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Kaige Chen
Production: Shanghai Film Studios
  10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
R
Year:
1996
130 min
61 Views


freedom from

arranged marriages...

equal rights for women...

youths dying for a cause.

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-

Have you heard?

Girl students in Peking

wear skirts...

and short tops

with tight waists.

They stroll by

the Forbidden City...

with little red flags

in their hands.

Walls tall and red...

bordered by weeping willows

swaying in the breeze.

The Peking sky

is blue and clear.

The palace towers

are decorated with gold...

and white kites sail in the air.

Higher and higher...

further and further...

till they're gone.

Do you want to spend

the rest of your life here?

-

- You stayed in Peking

for so long.

- How could you be so cruel

and not write even once?

-

You know.

Sister, that's enough.

Duanwu, come here.

Kneel!

Why did we let a distant

relation, like yourself...

into the family's

inner sanctum?

Because you seemed

loyal and honest.

We were quite surprised

when Ruyi sent the women away.

And you not only

failed to dissuade her,

but even aided her!

You traitor!

You've sent away

all the women...

of old master and his son.

It's no small matter, you know.

A grown man like you

trailing after that girl.

It's all backwards.

Are you after

the family fortune?

Pang An,

I don't want one penny.

All I want is to look

after my sister.

Your "sister indeed!

And if she marries?

I'll go with her.

We're finished!

Are there no real men

left in this family?

My poor ancestors!

The Pangs haven't a man left!

I weep before

young master Zhengda!

Old master's dead!

Old master!

We've no men left. Old master!

It's not every day one sees

loyalty like yours to Ruyi.

Zhongliang.

Zhongliang.

You haven't seen him yet.

Husband...

Look...

Look who's come back.

-

- Sir.

Sir.

Miss Ruyi sent me to ask you...

to teach her how

to ride a bicycle.

Your young miss thinks

everyone's her servant,

does she?

If you're too busy...

Look straight ahead!

Look ahead!

I want to kiss you.

SUZHOUN BOARDI NG HOUSE

Near Pang Estate

F***!

It's been two days!

Why no word from you?

What's with you?

How's it going?

- That was quick.

- I'm just getting started.

How come there's two?

These are the goods

Miss Pang ordered.

What's this?

How foolish of me.

I forgot you Pangs

would need to search me.

Maybe Miss Ruyi

has forgotten...

when I was a boy,

I was her brother's servant.

So go ahead.

Keep looking!

Do it!

Search my things!

Hurry up!

Sir, you mustn't treat

elder sister like this!

She's curious

because she likes you!

- That's the way she is.

- She likes me?

Whether I like her

is more the point.

Why are you here?

What do you think?

Just a sisterly visit

to my little brother.

They have things

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