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The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire

1991

95 minutes

DramaRomance

Overview

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?

Top Cast

Pal Sinn Lap-man headshot

Pal Sinn Lap-man

Hsi-Men Ching

Charlie Cho headshot

Charlie Cho

Yuk Ting Fong headshot

Yuk Ting Fong

潘金莲

Sin Yi Gei headshot

Sin Yi Gei

李瓶儿

Yuen Suk Lee headshot

Yuen Suk Lee

春梅