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Set in late nineteenth-century Shanghai and takes place 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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Hai shang hua (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: WinStar Cinema (Firm), Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, 3H Film Productions (Firm), Fox Lorber Films, WinStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Hsiao-Hsien, Hou, Leung, Tony Chiu Wai, 1962-, Hada, Michiko, Reis, Michele Monique, Liu, Jialing, 1964-, Kao, Jack, Pan, Dihua, Wei, Vicky, Han, Bangqing, 1856-1894
Format: Video DVD
Language:Chinese
Language Notes:In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Fox Lorber Films : [2001]
Subjects:
Shanghai (China) > Prostitution > 19th century > Drama.
Prostitution > 19th century > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Taiwanese.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Set in late nineteenth-century Shanghai and takes place 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.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Han Ziyun.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Also issued on VHS.
Format:DVD; stereo.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Mark Lee Ping-Bin ; music, Yoshihiro Hanno ; production designer, Hwarng Wern-Ying.
ISBN:0794201059