A
Lurid, Sleazy Tale of Prostitution from Kao Pao Shu
Original Chinese
Title: FAN MAI REN KOU
director: Kao Pao
Shu
starring: Woo Gam · Eddy Ko Hung · Wong Yuen-San ·
Ting Pei · Sek Kin · Elaine Kam
The meandering
plot seems to be interested in a "warning to parents" to protect
their children and keep them from falling into lives of prostitution and
drug abuse. But after that initial concern, the film delves into one perverse
sequence after another. Most of the story surrounds the lives of whores
and the men they've either deceived or entertained. The characters include
gangster big boss Qiang Han (Sek Kin), a variety of prostitutes including
Lin Ying (Woo Gam) and Betty (Ting Pei), their pimp Mao Song (Eddy Ko
Hung) and the hero Kang Tai (Wong Yuen-San). The [unlikely] hero Kang
Tai accidentally kills his slutty girlfriend in a fit of rage but that
'mistake' makes him a blackmail target for the mob. He eventually takes
law into his own hands and get revenge.
Filmmaker
Kao Pao Shu was one of a handful of Chinese female directors. She began
her career in Taiwan as an actress, co-starring in 30+ films between 1952-1968,
before moving to Hong Kong where she joined the powerful Shaw Bros stable.
After a short assistant director stint as Baoshu Gao in 1970, Miss Kao
began helming her own productions. These were mostly projects for independent
studios like Park Films. She retired from the movie business in 1981,
after appearing 85+ films and directing 11 more. Ms Kao Pao Shu died in
July 2000 after complications with a medical surgery. She was 61 years
old.
The Asian
preoccupation with "Virgin" in a film's title has always
been a mystery, espcially when the characters are clearly not virgins.
This is certainly true of the movie here (prostitutes are essentially
the direct opposite of virgins) but this also holds true in other equally
perplexing Asian productions: VIRGIN
POWER, VIRGINS
FROM HELL, VIRGIN
APOCALYPSE, VIRGIN
EXPERIENCE, et al.
A Chinese
film in English language; widescreen format (16:9), uncut (92 minutes)
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC FORMAT; extras include selected theatrical
trailers.
Nudity/Violence/Sexual
Situations/Prostitution/Rape/Drugs
for Mature Audiences only