Lan Yu

Summary: A young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.

Release Date: November 22, 2001

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Stanley Kwan

Writer: Jimmy Ngai

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: R

Production: Kwan's Creation Workshop, Yongning Creation Workshop

Distributor: Golden Scene, Strand Releasing

Countries: Hong Kong, China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 116,325

International: $ 3,731,639

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1980s 28 year old accidental death airport america architecture student arrest aunt niece relationship bar bare butt bare chested male battery operated razor bed beer beijing china bet bicycle bisexual boyfriend boyfriend relationship bribery broken air conditioner brother brother relationship brother sister relationship business card business corruption business failure businessman camera car as a gift cell phone champagne chance meeting character says i love you chinese new year chinese yuan chinese yuan chopsticks the eating utensil cigarette lighter cigarette smoking closeted homosexual college student construction accident construction site cook cooking corpse coworker coworker relationship crying dead body death death of boyfriend death of father death of loved one death of lover death of mao tse tung death penalty destiny dinner divorce drink drinking driving earrings east berlin east germany eating electric fan elevator family relationships father son relationship fear first gay kiss first gay sexual experience flash forward flowers food french restaurant friend friendship funeral game playing gay gay asian gay husband gay kiss gay sex generosity gift giving a toast graduation present happy new year hay fever heartbreak homosexuality hong kong hugging husband wife relationship illegal fundraising illegal fundraising implied blow job implied fellatio interpreter investigation jail jail visitation japanese japanese restaurant jealousy kimono kiss kitchen lamb looking out a window loss of lover loss of virginity male frontal nudity male full frontal nudity male male kiss male model male nudity male prostitute male pubic hair male rear nudity marriage memory mercedes mirror mobile phone money morgue mortgage mother daughter relationship mother son relationship mount huangshan china mount huangshan china naivety neck scarf newspaper nudity office older man younger man relationship pajamas passport pay phone photographer playing pool pool table posing in front of a mirror prologue pubic hair public security bureau public security bureau pulling down one's pants putting earrings on someone putting earrings on someone rain rainbow reciprocity reciprocity reference to la vie en rose the song reference to la vie en rose the song reference to mao tse tung reference to ryuichi sakamoto reference to ryuichi sakamoto reflection restaurant running russian savings account scratching one's butt sex shampoo shanghai china shaving shower singer singing sleeping in a car sleeping on a sofa slow motion scene smuggling song spilling a drink student subjective camera taking a photograph taxi tea tears telephone call tiananmen square beijing tofu tragic event underwear villa visa waitress watching tv wedding dress wedding photograph whiskey wine wrapped in a towel year 1988 year 1989

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