Ancient Chinese Whorehouse

Ancient Chinese Whorehouse
Traditional Chinese青樓十二房
Simplified Chinese青楼十二房
Literal meaningTwelve rooms of a brothel
Hanyu PinyinQīnglóu Shí'èr'fáng
Directed byKai Ming Lai
Written byMan Fai Ng
Produced byLuo Shiquan
Cheng Chaoliang
StarringYvonne Yung
Kent Cheng
Kingdom Yuen
Elvis Tsui
Cheng Xueyan
Liu Dizhi
CinematographyPan Deye
Edited byChen Qihe
Music byMak Chun Hung
Production
companies
Jinli Manufacture Co., Ltd.
Longxiang Industry Co., Ltd.
Distributed byNew Generation Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • 15 September 1994 (1994-09-15) (Hong Kong)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Box officeHK $2,481,978.00

Ancient Chinese Whorehouse is a 1994 Hong Kong sex comedy film directed by Kai Ming Lai and written by Man Fai Ng, starring Yvonne Yung, Kent Cheng, Kingdom Yuen, Elvis Tsui, Cheng Xueyan, and Liu Dizhi.[1] The film premiered in Hong Kong on 15 September 1994.

Plot

A poor girl named A Qing was sold into the brothel Changle Fang (simplified Chinese: 尝乐坊; traditional Chinese: 嘗樂坊; lit. 'Taste of music') during the Tang dynasty.[2] In the brothel was a man called Brother Gang, an inventor of sex toys who falls in love with the brothel owner, Wu Guniang, secretly. While A Qing slept with the visitor, she drank ecstasy and had sex with A Yi. Eventually, A Qing married A Yi and left the brothel.[1][3]

Cast

  • Yvonne Yung as Wu Guniang, the brothel owner.[4]
  • Kent Cheng as Brother Gang, the inventor in the brothel.
  • Kingdom Yuen as Sister Zhu, a prostitute.
  • Elvis Tsui as the Royal Highness, a man with a warm temperament who was killed by Wu Guniang.
  • Cheng Xueyan as A Qing, a poor girl who was sold into the brothel.
  • Liu Dizhi as A Yi, Brother Gang's student who fells in love with A Qing.

Release

The film was released in Hong Kong on 15 September 1994 and grossed a total of $2,481,978.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Top 10 X-rated Hong Kong films". China.org.cn. 2012.
  2. ^ "十大港产情色之九：《青楼十二房》". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 影片的故事发生在"唐朝"，"尝乐坊"老板五姑娘做生意一向贫富不论，来的都是客，待人热情奔放，深得顾客得好评。更为人称道的是，尝乐坊内设奇思妙想十二房，每一房都有不同器械供顾客赏玩，且其乐无穷。《青楼十二房》是一出糅合了喜剧和武打的三级片，娱乐效果极佳的影片，这也是亚姐冠军翁虹主演的情色电影中较为出众的一部作品。
  3. ^ 十大港产三级片权威解读. sina (in Chinese). 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong's top 10 sexiest movies - 9. Ancient Chinese Whorehouse 青樓十二 (1994)". timeout.com. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ 香港三级电影的四个时代 十大导演及十大经典. ifeng (in Chinese). 15 April 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.