Hong Kong The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire is a Hong Kong–Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
金瓶風月
A corrupt local official, Xi Men Qing, who lusts after women and money, pursues his brother's young wife, Lee Ping Er. Ping finds Men attractive, and under her drunken husband's nose, she and Men work their way through the illustrations of a pillow book, the "Golden Lotus." Men pursues the same feat with his fourth concubine, Pan Jing Lien, who lives in the compound next to Ping. Jing's jealousy compounds a tale of humiliation, childbirth, death, and depravity. Does karma or enlightenment await anyone?
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 29% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity (98th percentile) outruns review volume (29th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × Taiwan Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Taiwan titles
Drama + Romance in Hong Kong
90 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire itself).
The 1990–1992 Hong Kong Window
The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire holds position #50 of 73 Hong Kong films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire premiered alongside 22 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 22 other Hong Kong films in 1991.
The 318th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #530 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #205 of 311 (top 66%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | May 9, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt0101963 |