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Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan

1972 · 87 min

A lush, cruel revenge melodrama that seduces you with beauty before striking with cold brutality.

Tagline
The first Chinese sex film!
Overview
18-year-old Ainu is kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Her good looks and wild personality make her very popular with the lustful clients, but also draw the lesbian attentions of brothel madam Chun Yi. Chun Yi teaches Ainu the ways of lust and the ways of kung fu, and Ainu becomes more and more similar to her captor. But rage at her treatment is still burning inside her.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • power
  • trauma
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Chor Yuen
Written by
Chiu Kang-Chien
Starring
Lily Ho, Betty Pei Ti, Elliot Ngok Wah, Tung Lin, Wan Chung-Shan, Fan Mei-Sheng, Ku Wen-Chung, Chan Shen
Music
Stanley Chow Fook-Leung
Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin

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