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The story begins in 1911 with a boy, Zhongliang, brought to the country estate of the wealthy Pang family, a place of opium-addled decadence hidden behind a traditional facade. His older sister, who has married into the clan, promises him the life of a student. But when he arrives, he is forced to become their servant. As a child, he hates their cruelty, he envies their wealth, and he burns with a passion for everything he can't have. Zhongliang's departure several years later is shrouded in mystery. He heads for Beijing only to be sidetracked to Shanghai, a glittering metropolis of elegant corruption caught up in the jazz-spiked rush of the modern age. There, he becomes the favorite son of a powerful crime family with a specialty in seducing and blackmailing wealthy women. Then, Zhongliang is given a new assignment: to seduce a young woman, Pang Ruyi, a woman he knows all too well--the heir to the Pang family fortune.
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| Also Known As: |
Feng Yue
Shadow of a Flower
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Drama and Romance |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 55 min. |
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| Release Date: |
June 13, 1997 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R |
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| Distributors: |
Miramax Films
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| Production Co.: |
Tomson Films, Shanghai Film Studios
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,084,532 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Shanghai, China
Suzhou, China
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| Produced in: |
China |
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