Ancient Chinese Whorehouse

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Ancient Chinese Whorehouse
Traditional Chinese 青樓十二房
Simplified Chinese 青楼十二房
Literal meaningTwelve rooms of a brothel
Hanyu Pinyin Qīnglóu Shí'èr'fáng
Directed byKai Ming Lai
Written byMan Fai Ng
Produced byLuo Shiquan
Cheng Chaoliang
Starring Yvonne Yung
Kent Cheng
Kingdom Yuen
Elvis Tsui
Cheng Xueyan
Liu Dizhi
CinematographyPan Deye
Edited byChen Qihe
Music by Mak Chun Hung
Production
companies
Jinli Manufacture Co., Ltd.
Longxiang Industry Co., Ltd.
Distributed byNew Generation Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • 15 September 1994 (1994-09-15)(Hong Kong)
Running time
100 minutes
Country Hong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Box officeHK $2,481,978.00

Ancient Chinese Whorehouse is a 1994 Hong Kong sex comedy film directed by Kai Ming Lai and written by Man Fai Ng, starring Yvonne Yung, Kent Cheng, Kingdom Yuen, Elvis Tsui, Cheng Xueyan, and Liu Dizhi. [1] The film premiered in Hong Kong on 15 September 1994.

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Plot

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]

Cast

Release

The film was released in Hong Kong on 15 September 1994 and grossed a total of $2,481,978. [5]

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References

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  2. "十大港产情色之九:《青楼十二房》". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 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。
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