An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty
[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.Date | 1984 |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Repository | Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
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An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty
[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.Date | 1984 |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Repository | Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
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An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty
[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.Date | 1984 |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Repository | Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
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[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.
Date | 1984 |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Repository | Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
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An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty
[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.Date | 1984 |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Repository | Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
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An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty
[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.Release Date | 1984 |
Genre | Erotic |
Cast | Ku Feng, Alex Man Chi-leung, Chang Kuo-chu, Patricia Ha Man-jik |
Producer | Mona Fong |
Director | Fang Ling-cheng |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty
[Trailer not available] Yu Yu-wei (Patricia Ha Man-jik), a girl scholar in Chang An, becomes a Taoist with her name changed to Hsuan Chi. Then, dissatisfied with life there, she gives up taoism and gets popular by mixing with such famous scholars as Li Shang-yin (Wei Chi-shun) and Wen Ting-kun (Kiang Tao). She turns down many proposals, and develops a lesbian affair with her maid Lu Chiao (Lin Kai-ling).At a literary party, she strikes up an acquaintance with a roving swordsman Tsui Po-hou (Alex Man Chi-leung) and they become attached to each other. When her lover deserts her to continue his wandering life, she returns to the temple. She is expelled after she processes a stimulant and is caught in lesbianism.She becomes notorious by moving into regions of singsong houses and contracts an acquaintance with Taoist Yung (Pan Chen-wei) from a famous Kansu family. Though a Platonist, Yung, seeing her intimacy with her maid Lu, molests Lu in spite of himself.While celebrating the winter festival with her scholar friends, Hsuan-chi sees the influx of female refugees escaping from banditry and puts them up. She holds parties for them every night and spends almost all her savings. One night, a mob, led by bandit Chief Kung Meng-wu (Huang Shu-tang), plunders Hsuan-chi’s home, and is wiped out by Po-hou and his friend Auyang (Chang Kuo-chu) who comes to bring a pair of swords made for Hsuan-chi. The flame of love rekindles between Hsuan-chi and her lover, and then Po-hou leaves her again.Hsuan-chi discovers Lu Chiao pregnant, and suspecting Po-hou to be responsible, she forces her to abort it. When she refuses, Lu kills her and hides her body in the garden. When the body is subsequently discovered, Yung, stung by conscience, kills himself.Hsuan-chi is sentenced to death, but refuses to flee at the execution ground when her lover comes to her rescue. He is eventually overpowered by the soldiers and the two lovers face execution together. Hsuan-chi emotionally evokes memories of their love affair by humming a tune eulogizing true love when Auyang suddenly arrives to chop off their heads to save them the agony of execution.Date | 1984 |
Director | Fang Ling-cheng |
Screenplay | Chiu Kang-chien,Chin Tien-nan,Fang Ling-cheng |
Cast | Ku Feng, Alex Man Chi-leung, Chang Kuo-chu, Patricia Ha Man-jik |
Genre | Erotic |
Language | Mandarin/Cantonese |
Duration | 97.21 |
Media Type | Trailer |
Material Type | Video |
Collection | Shaw Brothers´ Movies |
Source | Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Repository | Celestial Pictures Limited |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Celestial Pictures Limited |
Accession No. | 184010 |
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