Yu Pui Tsuen II
5.2/10
Rating
90 min
Runtime
1987
Release Year
Ho Fan
Director
Cast
邓耀辉, Cheng Yuen-Man, Chou Ying-Ti, Sun Chien, Eliza Yue Chi-Wai
Quick Synopsis
Yu Pui Tsuen II, directed by Ho Fan in 1987, tells the story of a young man who experiences a vivid dream in which he drowns following a night of intense sexual activity. Concerned about the meaning of this dream, he consults a Buddhist monk who interprets it as a caution against overindulgence in physical pleasures. Despite the monk's advice, the man marries a virgin and engages in frequent sexual encounters with her. Over time, however, after several passionate affairs, he begins to understand and appreciate the monk's warning about the dangers of excessive indulgence in carnal desires. Unlike later films such as Michael Mak's Sex and Zen, this film relies on its cast of relatively unknown actors and straightforward storytelling rather than explicit humor or sensational elements.
Detailed Synopsis of Yu Pui Tsuen II
Before Michael Mak’s Sex And Zen became a cult favourite in the ’90s, there was Ho Fan’s Yu Pui Tsuen (The Carnal Prayer Mat, 1987). But without sex bomb Amy Yip, coarse humour or lesbian love affairs, Yu Pui Tsuen had to rely on the nudity and sex from his cast of relative unknowns to save the day. When a young man dreams that he drowns after a night of carnal passion, he asks a buddhist monk to translate the experience for him. The monk replies that the dream is a warning not to indulge the pleasures of the flesh to excess, but the man ignores his advice, marrying a virgin and making love to her constantly. However, after several torrid affairs, the man begins to realise the sagacity of the monk's warning.
