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New Golden Lotus III

1996

A lurid, slow-burning period melodrama of seduction and cruelty, watching a woman trapped in a gilded cage of manipulation.

Directed by
Tam Yui-Ming
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Pal Sinn Lap-Man, Asami Kanno, Cindy Yip Sin-Yi
Overview
3rd episode of a serie of 5. Chinny is stuck in a marriage with a disgusting midget, but is seduced and tricked into becoming the fifth concubine of sexy official Simon Hsin. While Chinny is mistreated by the other concubines, Simon has affairs with anything that movies, poisons Chinny's husband, and imprisons her brother-in-law. It soon becomes apparent that this is Simon's M.O. when he steals another man's wife and kills him as well

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Directed by
Tam Yui-Ming
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Pal Sinn Lap-Man, Asami Kanno, Cindy Yip Sin-Yi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • power
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • gender
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Tam Yui-Ming
Written by
Leung Lap-Yan
Starring
Pal Sinn Lap-Man, Asami Kanno, Cindy Yip Sin-Yi, Choi Mei-yau
Country
Taiwan, Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin

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