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Flowers of Shanghai., director, Hou Hsaio-hsien ; screenplay by Chu Tien-wen, DVD/Widescreen

Label
Flowers of Shanghai., director, Hou Hsaio-hsien ; screenplay by Chu Tien-wen, DVD/Widescreen
Language
chi
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Flowers of Shanghai.
Oclc number
1242885181
Responsibility statement
director, Hou Hsaio-hsien ; screenplay by Chu Tien-wen
Runtime
113
Series statement
Criterion collection, 1077
Summary
In four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses", courtesans live confined to opulent splendor but are forced to work to buy back their freedom, and romantic intrigue, jealousies and tensions roil around their assignations
Technique
live action
resource.version
DVD/Widescreen
Classification
onscreenparticipant
resource.screenwriter
resource.writerofaccompanyingmaterial
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