Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 5
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
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The teeming underworld of 1920s Shanghai collides with old-world nobility in Chen Kaige's harrowing film. Ruyi, the youngest daughter of the noble family, is employed as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, Ruyi's brother-in-law, Zhongliang, enjoys a thriving (illegal) career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home, the two fall in love, and trouble isn't far off.
Jun 13, 1997 Wide
Jul 2, 2002
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (5)
Quietly affecting.
...a sumptuous, psychologically layered film that rewards patience
Out of all the movies I have seen from the Far East this was one of the hardest to keep up with, took about 50 minutes to get straight who was who and who was doing what. Movie is set back in 1911 time frame, and when the master dies his son is in no condition to rule the family (A bad day with Opium ruin his mental
June 18, 2009Super Reviewer
"When an immortal descends to earth, how can he return to the sky?" A love story about pain & revenge. LCheung is too sexy, GLi is beautiful as always. Just wonderful.
February 21, 2007
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