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Summary
A symphony of vivid, sumptuous, dreamy, luxuriant colors symbolically weaving webs around doomed, decadent characters.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- You're watching with family
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+8)
Critics 62Audiences 70GoodWatch 66
Tomatometer62%
Audience score73%
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.6
Running time
2 h 12 min
Longer than most dramas, +23 min on the typical 109
typical 109132Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1996
May 9, 1996
30 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
China
Hong Kong SAR China
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 9 more15 people
- Leslie Cheung Kwok-wingYu Zhongliang
- Gong LiPang Ruyi
- Kevin LinPang Duanwu
- He SaifeiYu Xiuyi
- Chang ShihLi Niangjiu
- Liankun LinPang An
- Ko Hsiang-TingElder Qi
- Jie ZhouThe Woman of Zephyr Lane
Zhou YemangPang Zhengda- LRLei RenYoung Yu Zhongliang
- YWYing WangYoung Pang Ruyi
- LGLin GeYoung Pang Duanwu
Zhou XunNight Club Girl (uncredited)
David WuJingyun
Patrick Tse YinBoss
Directing · 1
- Chen Kaige Director, Story
Writing · 2
Production · 3
- Sunday Sun Executive Producer
- Hsu Feng Producer
- Cunlin Tong Producer
Camera · 1
- Christopher Doyle Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Pei Xiaonan Editor
Sound · 1
- Zhao Jiping Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Qiagui Huang Production Design
- Monica Zhang Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- William Chang Suk-Ping Costume Design
- Chen Changmin Costume Design
- Guan Rui Xu Makeup Artist
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