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(aka "Yuk po tuen: Tau ching bo gam" or "The Carnal Prayer Mat's Stash of Illicit Love")
Directed by Michael Mak
Hong Kong 1991
Sex and Zen raised the bar on Chinese soft porn when it was released. An
erotic comedy about sexual dalliances and their retribution, based on an ancient
Chinese literary classic –
The Carnal Prayer Mat. *** One of the most outrageous films ever made, this Hong Kong fable tells the story of an oversexed scholar who isn't happy with his love life with his huge-breasted wife. After he sleeps with different women, he decides to get a penis transplant-from a horse! His life then becomes a series of wild and raucous encounters that take eroticism-and comedy-to new levels. Lawrence Ng and Amy Yip star. |
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Theatrical Release: November 30th, 1991
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Runtime | 1:34:40.591 | |
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 34,286,885,985 bytesFeature: 31,363,835,904 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.93 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio Chinese 4169 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4169 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DTS-HD Master
Audio English 3861 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3861 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Umbrella Entertainment
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 34,286,885,985 bytesFeature: 31,363,835,904 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.93 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Interview with director Michael Mak (English subtitles) (13:59)• Theatrical trailer (3:16)
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside 0-ring slipcase Chapters 13 |
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On their
Blu-ray,
Umbrella Entertainment offer robust Cantonese and English (DUB) 5.1
surround tracks in lossless DTS-HD Master (24-bit) and lossy stereo for
both languages. Sex and Zen
has few aggressive moments (whippings, confrontational sexual activity
etc.) that come through with modest separations
and a score by Wing-leung Chan that adds a traditional musical
expression (the film is supposed to be set in a period some 400-years
ago) sounding decent if a bit tinny
in higher end of the lossless transfer. Umbrella Entertainment offer
optional English subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Umbrella Entertainment
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Michael Mak's Sex and Zen
was Hong Kong's most successful film of this genre spawning a couple of
sequels and a 3-D titled, more modern, version (none relate to the story
of this initial film.) I have to admit it is pretty cute in its
absurdity (in terms of fetishes) and somewhat erotic. Amy Yip (Erotic
Ghost Story,
Robotrix) became one of the hottest HK stars of the 90's despite
never agreeing to show her full naked body onscreen - notably her
oversized breasts. This was accomplished through, what became known as
the 'Yip Tease', with discrete camera angles, nipple pasties, body
doubles, and careful editing so that full frontal nudity was never
visible - although partial shots of her breasts, buttocks etc. fill
Sex and Zen. I thought it was more graphic than what we consider
'cheesecake' and there are some aggressive, simulated, sex scenes in a
variety of amusing positions. There is a book about Amy Yip's life by Chaz Gower, HERE.
Certainly there is a place for these funny, sexy, films - a resurgent
niche of Hong Kong cinema that cropped up in some of the Shaw
martial-arts/horrors of the 70's that added an erotic edge with partial
nudity and suggestive sexual activity (The
Oily Maniac,
The Vengeful Beauty,
Black Magic,
The Human Goddess, etc.) The Umbrella Entertainment Blu-ray
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