Hong Kong Synopsis
玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑
“Banned for 400 years! The most notorious of China's three great erotic sagas – revealed on the screen for the first time.”
A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females.
The 1990–1992 Hong Kong Window
73 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Sex and Zen sits at position #54.
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The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sex and Zen premiered. 215 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #578 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (31st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #224 of 311 (top 72%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Johnny Mak Production Co. Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | November 30, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt0105287 |