The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire
(1991)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 51 votes
Year: 1991
Runtime: 95 мин
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Director: Li Han-Hsiang
Cast: 單立文, 曹查理, Yuk Ting Fong, Sin Yi Gei, Yuen Suk Lee
Plot
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?