Ancient Chinese Whorehouse | |
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Traditional Chinese | 青樓十二房 |
Simplified Chinese | 青楼十二房 |
Literal meaning | Twelve rooms of a brothel |
Hanyu Pinyin | Qīnglóu Shí'èr'fáng |
Directed by | Kai Ming Lai |
Written by | Man Fai Ng |
Produced by | Luo Shiquan Cheng Chaoliang |
Starring | Yvonne Yung Kent Cheng Kingdom Yuen Elvis Tsui Cheng Xueyan Liu Dizhi |
Cinematography | Pan Deye |
Edited by | Chen Qihe |
Music by | Mak Chun Hung |
Production companies | Jinli Manufacture Co., Ltd. Longxiang Industry Co., Ltd. |
Distributed by | New Generation Co., Ltd. |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Languages | Mandarin Cantonese |
Box office | HK $2,481,978.00 |
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A poor girl named A Qing was sold into the brothel Changle Fang (simplified Chinese:尝乐坊; traditional Chinese:嘗樂坊; lit.'Taste of music') during the Tang dynasty. [2] In the brothel was a man called Brother Gang, an inventor of sex toys who falls in love with the brothel owner, Wu Guniang, secretly. While A Qing slept with the visitor, she drank ecstasy and had sex with A Yi. Eventually, A Qing married A Yi and left the brothel. [1] [3]
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影片的故事发生在"唐朝","尝乐坊"老板五姑娘做生意一向贫富不论,来的都是客,待人热情奔放,深得顾客得好评。更为人称道的是,尝乐坊内设奇思妙想十二房,每一房都有不同器械供顾客赏玩,且其乐无穷。《青楼十二房》是一出糅合了喜剧和武打的三级片,娱乐效果极佳的影片,这也是亚姐冠军翁虹主演的情色电影中较为出众的一部作品。