Title from sell sheet. Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. Wide screen (1.85.1 aspect ratio) Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack; New conversation; Yang, yin; Trailer; Plus, an essay. Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man.
Summary:
It bridges past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family, who embrace death by suicide pact amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong. Fifty years later, she returns to the city-state to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself. With its lush mise-en-scn̈e and transcendently melancholy mood, this sensuous ghost story is an exquisite, enduringly resonant elegy for both lost love and vanishing history.
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