Yim ji kau

"They loved across two generations and two different worlds."

Jan 7 1988 Not Rated 1h 36m
Drama, Fantasy, Music

Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.

Plot

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" - bordellos and night clubs of the 1930s. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir to a chain of pharmacies. They agree to a suicide pact. 50 years later, in modern Hong Kong, Fleur's ghost appears in Yuen's newspaper office, wanting to place an ad to find Chan, who never arrived in the afterlife. Yuen, and his equally bewildered girlfriend, An Chor, are captivated by Fleur and her story.

Written by

Pik-Wah Lee, Kang-Chien Chiu

Directed by

Stanley Kwan

Production Countries

Hong Kong

Production Companies

Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Golden Way Films Ltd.

Languages

Awards

12 wins & 9 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
3,736
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA