Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
海上花
ThumbScore
👍 73%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 93%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Michiko Hada as Crimson
Michele Reis as Emerald
Jack Kao as Luo
Rebecca Pan as Huang
Stephanie Fong Shuan as Jade
Annie Shizuka Inoh as Golden Flower
Is Flowers of Shanghai good?
Most people think so. 73% audience score, estimated from 119 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 93%.
Overview
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”. Wikipedia ↗
