Hong Kong 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?
The 1990–1992 Hong Kong Window
73 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire sits at position #50.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire premiered. 215 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
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 |