Due West: Our Sex Journey

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Due West: Our Sex Journey
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Traditional Chinese 一路向西
Simplified Chinese 一路向西
Hanyu Pinyin Yīlù Xiàngxī
Directed by Mark Wu
Written byMark Wu
Fung Lam
Based onDongguan Wood
Produced byChristopher Sun
StarringJustin Cheung
Gregory Wong
Celia Kwok
Jeana Ho
Daniella Wang
Production
companies
ArtisteFilm Company
China 3D Digital Distribution
Distributed byChina 3D Digital Distribution
Release date
  • 20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)
Running time
119 minutes
Country Hong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHKD 18.82 million

Due West: Our Sex Journey is a 2012 Hong Kong 3-D erotic film directed and written by Mark Wu, starring Justin Cheung, Gregory Wong, Celia Kwok, Jeana Ho, and Daniella Wang. [1] [2] It is based on the erotic novel entitled Dongguan Wood, first published as a series of online stories by pseudonymous author Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki. [3] The film premiered in Hong Kong on 20 September 2012.[ citation needed ]

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Cast

Release

The film was released on 20 September 2012 in Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. In an unusual distribution decision, some "women-only" exhibitions were scheduled in Hong Kong. [4]

Reception

Variety's Richard Kuipers called the film "a reasonably amusing 'American Pie'-like account of a randy Hong Kong teenager’s sexual awakening [that] . . . gradually becomes flaccid as its protag enters adulthood". [4] Derek Elley of Film Business Asia thought the film was better directed than Wu's previous efforts and "well-staged", with "lots of t&a, lots of harmless softcore sex, and lots of juvenile Cantonese comedy". [3]

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References

  1. "Due West: Our Sex Journey". Chinesemov.com. 2012.
  2. 导演解读3D情色片《一路向西》拍摄幕后故事. 163.COM. 13 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 Derek Elley, "Due West: Our Sex Journey" (review), Film Business Asia , 31 January 2013. Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki is not the same person as the similarly named Japanese author.
  4. 1 2 "Review: ‘Due West: Our Sex Journey 3D’", Variety , 23 September 2012.