Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Ròupútuán zhī tōuqíng bǎojiàn | | |
Jyutping | Juk6 Pou4 Tyun4 Zi1 Tau1 Cing4 Bou2 Gaam3 | |
Directed by | Li Yu | |
Produced by | Stephen Shiu | |
Starring | Amy Yip Lawrence Ng Lo Lieh Kent Cheng | |
Cinematography | Peter Ngor | |
Edited by | Poon Hung | |
Music by | Joseph Chan | |
Distributed by | Golden Harvest | |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes | |
Country | Hong Kong | |
Language | Cantonese | |
Box office | HK$18.4 million |
Sex and Zen (
Plot
The story is about Mei Yeung-Sheng, a lustful scholar (
Choi Kun-Lun, the flying thief (
The doctor managed to transplant a horse's penis to replace the scholar's meager one. Armed with his new 20-inch penis, the scholar goes on a sexual rampage, not caring if he is seducing other men's wives or is nearly caught in the process. Meanwhile, Huk-Yeung, after experiencing the joys of sex, becomes sexually frustrated. She tries
The scholar has become frail and sick due to too much sex (involving two sisters-in-law who are bisexual and into S&M). He goes to the brothel for treatment, where he is offered the top courtesan. At first, husband and wife cannot recognize each other; she looks at his penis and thinks it cannot be her husband's because his is small; he cannot recognize her because his eyesight is failing.
While they are having sex, he takes a close look at her figure and nipple and recognizes her. To her dismay, he screams, shouts and calls her a disgrace. To his dismay, she runs off and hangs herself. Yeung-Sheng, completely broken, goes back to the monk to ask for forgiveness.
Box office
In Hong Kong, the film grossed
Sequels
Sex and Zen went on to spin off two sequels, Sex and Zen II and Sex and Zen III. These are not sequels in plot, as each movie illustrates a different story also based on the sex manual.
Cast
- Amy Yip - Huk-Yeung/Chau-Yin
- Lawrence Ng - Mei Yeung-Sheng
- Kent Cheng - Dr. Tin Chan
- Lo Lieh - Choi Kun-Lun
- Carrie Ng - Mistress Ku
- Isabella Chow - Shui Chu
- Rena Murakami - Fa Sun (as Tomoko Ino)
- Mari Ayukawa - Wong Chut's wife
- Tim Wong - Emil Wu
- Tien Feng - Master Iron Doors (uncredited)
- Elvis Tsui - Wong Chut (uncredited)
See also
References
- ^ "Sex and Zen (1991)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
External links
- Sex and Zen at IMDb
- Entry at lovehkfilm.com