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17 October 1998 (Japan) morePlot:
Shanghai, the 1880s, four elegant brothels (flower houses): each has an auntie (the madam), a courtesan in her prime... more | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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3 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Tableau, semi-vivant moreCast
(Credited cast) | Shuan Fang | ... | Jade |
| Michiko Hada | ... | Crimson |
| An-an Hsu | ||
| Annie Shizuka Inoh | ... | Golden Flower |
| Jack Kao | ... | Luo |
| Carina Lau | ... | Pearl |
 | Tony Leung Chiu Wai | ... | Wang |
| Xu-Hao Liu | ... | Vagabond # 2 |
| Rebecca Pan | ... | Huang |
| Michelle Reis | ... | Emerald |
| Vicky Wei | ... | Jasmin |
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130 min | Argentina:127 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | Japan:120 min | USA:125 minCountry:
TaiwanColor:
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The Taiwanese writer-director Hou Hsiao-hsien is regarded by many as the greatest living filmmaker, and FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI is widely considered one of the strongest contemporary movies. Hou's approach is both anthropological and highly formalized: this examination of the economics and Machiavellian power politics of a Shanghai brothel in the mid-1800's stays remote. The feeling is sometimes that of a news crew eager not to intrude, but the mise-en-scene evokes the mastery of space-carving in Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW or Bresson's UNE FEMME DOUCE. Shot in wide, mobile masters that go on for four or five minutes at a stretch, FLOWERS is theatrical in the extreme, and, as in a Yuan drama or a Kun opera, Hou stays at a more than respectful reserve from his characters. For some, this spells high-art elegance; others may feel starved for vividness and human immediacy, and wish the film to end far sooner than it does.