Flowers of Shanghai
Women struggle in a Shanghai brothel where everything only appears to be beautiful.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Actors: Annie Shizuka Inoh, Carina Lau, Jack Kao, Michelle Reis, Michiko Hada, Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Rebecca Pan, Stephanie Fong Shuan, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Vicky Wei
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