Sex and Zen (1991)
"Yu pu tuan zhi: Tou qing bao jian" (original title)

A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Mak

Writers:

Alexander Lee (dialogue), Ying Kit Lee,

Stars:

Lawrence Ng, Kent Cheng, Rena Murakami

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lawrence Ng	...	Mei Yeung-Sheng
Kent Cheng	...	Dr. Tin Chan
Rena Murakami	...	Fa Sun (as Tomoko Ino)
Lieh Lo	...	Chor Kun-Lun
Amy Yip	...	Huk-Yeung / Chau-Yin
Isabella Chow	...	Shui Chu
Carrie Ng	...	Mistress Ku
Mari Ayukawa
Elvis Tsui	...	Wong Chut (as Xu Jin-Jiang)

Storyline

A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females.

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Plot Keywords:

scholar | penis | horse | surgeon | thief | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

30 November 1991 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Sex and Zen

Box Office

Gross:

$396,003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Johnny Mak Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Yuk po tuen III goon yan ngoh yiu (1998)

User Reviews

Kung-fu meets Emmanuelle

I wonder what the original title "Yu pu tuan zhi: Tou qing bao jian" means, but the English title "Sex and Zen" sums the movie up nicely, if you translate Zen as "you know, Asian stuff: drinking tea, silly daggers, eating rice, kicking the stuffing out of your opponent". Sex and Zen is an interesting and genuine Asian twist on your average softcore / erotic skin flick, a tasty offering of steamy sex scenes which are loosely tied together by an story. For my taste, the storytelling was a bit too loose and erratic as I'm a big fan a of plot, narration and development. I found myself wondering somewhere in between the rape scene in the fabrics warehouse and the calligraphy-by-shoving-a-brush-up-your-unspeakables segment how it all fits together. Overall it's well worth a viewing, but because of the surreal and incongruent storytelling it didn't really grab me.