Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Notorious Concubines (1968)

The Notorious Concubines poster
Original title
金瓶梅
Directed by
Kōji Wakamatsu
Genre
drama film, erotic film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese film takes some basic storylines from a famous 16th century Chinese novel. It follows the sexual and political intrigues of a wealthy man and his many wives and concubines.

eroticdramaticintenseperiodsensuousdarkstylizedraw

What happens

Kin Ping Meh – Chinesischer Liebesreigen (Originaltitel: 金瓶梅, Kinpeibai, deutsch: „Pflaumenblüte in der goldenen Vase“; Alternativtitel: Die sechs Frauen des Ching) ist ein japanischer Spielfilm von Kōji Wakamatsu aus dem Jahr 1968. Das Drehbuch verfasste Atsushi Yamatoya. Es beruht auf einigen Motiven des chinesischen Sittenromans Jin Ping Mei (veraltet: King Ping Meh) aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, wobei der Film das 100-Kapitel-Geschehen auf ein paar Grundlinien reduziert. Die Hauptrollen sind mit Tomoko Mayama, Fumiaki Takashima und Jūzō Itami besetzt. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland kam der Film zum ersten Mal am 27. Juni 1969 ins Kino. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?