Product Details

• Actors: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung
• Directors: Stanley Kwan
• Format: DVD Region, NTSC, Limited Edition, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English, Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Joy Sales/Fortune Stars
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000Q5KEJ6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,721 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Fleur (Anita Mui) is a 1930s high-class courtesan who finds herself sucked into a doomed relationship with Twelfth Master Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung), the rakish scion of a prosperous business family that disapproves of their union. After a brief but intense courtship, the two resolve to be together in the afterworld by swallowing opium. Yet once there, Fleur discovers that she is alone. After waiting 50 years for her dearly beloved, she re-emerges in 1987 to place a personal ad. In the process, she enlists the aid of a pair of journalists: Yuen (Alex Man) and his feisty, occasionally jealous girlfriend Ah Chor (Emily Chu). Fleur learns that the Hong Kong she knew has by and large disappeared: the brothel where she worked was now a kindergarten. As she tells them of her love for Twelfth Master, the two journalists begin to find their relationship intensifying. As Fleur's spirit grows weaker, their search continues until it yields results that are both sad and ironic. Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung team up in this supernatural love story which begins with a ghost of a coutesan searching the streets of Hong Kong for her lover of 50 years past. Won Best Film and Best Director at the 1988 Hong Kong Film Awards.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow-1930's Cantonese Courtesan Culture, February 9, 2012

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Kya (NV, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rouge (Limited Remastered DTS Edition) DVD (DVD)

Gee, loved the flashback story, the modern day story was weak and the actors in the modern story were boring. Anita Mui absolutely fantastic as Fleur, the courtesan. Her singing in the first 5 minutes very seductive. If you are not aware she was a Hong Kong Rocker (the Chinese Madonna). Beautifully, I would say, lovingly filmed (the flashbacks). The modern day camera sequences were flat and sparse as compared to the flashback with visual opulence lovingly displayed by the camera. Leslie Cheung ("Farwell My Concubine") as Chen, 12th Master, Fleur's dream lover/patron. As usual, for most Chinese films, a sad story, Chen a "softie". Great Ghost Story, which is what drew me to this film in the 1st place, but it is haunting, not in the context of a ghost story, but in the unfolding and deterioration of a love story. Anita Mui's fragile/tragic control subtley and faultlessly portrayed. I also was very captivated by the song written for the film "Yin Ji Kau" written by, I think, Yim Fong, I have played the first 5-10 minutes numerous times just to hear the song (a scholar reflecting on his courtesan love while he is far away from her). Seductively sung while circling Chen at a courtesan house banquet room while boldly/reflectively eyeing Chen.
Enjoyable, poignant, easy to watch.