1998, Starring Tony Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina
Lau, Jack Kao, Vicky Wei, Rebecca Pan, Shuan Fang
Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
The waning 19th century finds Shanghai divided into foreign occupations. In
the British concession, flower houses offer luxurious pleasures of every kind
and are the only bordellos that Chinese dignitaries may enter. Their rituals and
traditions are rich, even their language is unique, and the women who master it
are "flowers of Shanghai."
Credit: review by David Sterritt, from
http://www.filmscouts.com/films/flo-sha.asp