The Golden Lotus

"The Golden Lotus" (金瓶雙艷, 1974) is a Hong Kong melodrama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Li Han-Hsiang adapted "Jin Ping Mei," a Ming-dynasty erotic novel that spent centuries cycling between banned and reprinted across China.

Pan Chin Lien — Golden Lotus — is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man she never wanted. When the wealthy merchant Hsi Men Ching decides to pursue her, the story becomes about desire and strategy in equal measure. Li Han-Hsiang handles his source material with the period weight and visual precision that defined his work at Shaw Brothers. A young Jackie Chan turns up in a supporting role. Stream "The Golden Lotus" (1974) on iFILM.