Reincarnation of Golden Lotus DVD
Mandarin and/or Cantonese Multilingual DVDs
Hong Kong Movie
Drama 91 Minutes Multi-Lingual
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Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (1989) 潘金蓮之前世今生 Director: Clara Law Starring: Joey Wong, Eric Tsang, Pal Sin, Wilson Lam "Once upon a time, there was an unfaithful wife...'' Probably not how it really begins, but close enough for our purposes. ""It'', in this case, is "The Story of Golden Lotus", either one of the classics of Chinese Literature, or one of the most widely-read porn novels of all time, depending on who, and when, you ask. One thing everyone agrees on, however: the story ends with the aforementioned unfaithful wife, Lotus, getting her head chopped off. After Lotus' death, her ghost refuses to take the final draught of the Potion of Forgetfulness, drunk before reincarnation; she does not desire surcease, she wants revenge. In due course, she is reincarnates just before the Cultural Revolution to take revenge on everyone who wronged her in the past. We shuttle back and forth between wooden period tableaux and mundane modern-day happenings as she reverts to her old self, and becomes the luckless prey of various abusive men. Through the carefully threaded flashbacks to the Sung Dynasty, she comes to the realization that she is the reincarnation of the "number one" courtesan of ancient China. DVD: List Price: US $24.95
Rating: II - "May be Inappropriate For Children" (Broad rating may be roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13" to "R". In the late 1980s this rating splintered in two ratings: IIA and IIB) Films rated Category II may contain mild to strong violence, nudity that is usually not sexually oriented, explicit language and adult situations. OR
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