Flowers of Shanghai

6.9
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 113 min
  • Premiere: 1998. October 1.

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.

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Art

Huang Wen-Ying

Art Direction

Huang Wen-Ying

Production Design

Chih-Wei Tsao

Art Direction

Camera

Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Liao Shu-Chen

Makeup Artist

Directing

Editing

Production

Yang Teng-Kuei

Producer

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Executive Producer

Sound

Yoshihiro Hanno

Original Music Composer

Tu Duu-Chih

Original Music Composer

Yu Teng Hsu

Boom Operator

Writing