East Palace, West Palace (US Version) DVD Region 1

A groundbreaking Chinese film from director Zhang Yuan (Green Tea), East Palace West Palace depicts an attraction between a gay man and his policeman captor in modern Communist China. Gay writer A-Lan (Si Han) attracts the attention of a young policeman (Hu Jun of Lan Yu) while cruising a public park, and is detained and interrogated for most of the evening. His life story reveals the repressive attitudes of the Chinese government and the intolerance present in all levels of society. But the self-assured young man manages to unnerve and even affect his conflicted, insecure tormentor, leading to attraction and even seduction.

East Palace West Palace was screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival after its director Zhang Yuan was placed under house arrest and his passport confiscated. An involving, atmospheric portrait of a society in transition, East Palace West Palace manages to transcend its "gay film" label to present a universal film about tolerance and the right to identity. Co-starring Vicki Zhao Wei, who would go on to star in director Zhang Yuan's Green Tea, East Palace West Palace is a stunning step forward for the international reputation of modern Chinese Cinema.

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Product Title:	East Palace, West Palace (US Version) 東宮西宮 (美國版) 东宫西宫 (美国版) 東宮西宮 (US版) East Palace, West Palace (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Hu Jun (Actor) | Si Han (Actor) | LIU YU XIAO (Actor) 胡軍 (Actor) | 司汗 (Actor) | 劉欲曉 (Actor) 胡军 (Actor) | 司汗 (Actor) | 刘欲晓 (Actor) 胡軍（フー・ジュン） (Actor) | Si Han (Actor) | LIU YU XIAO (Actor) Hu Jun (Actor) | Si Han (Actor) | LIU YU XIAO (Actor)
Director:	Zhang Yuan 張元 张 元 張元　（チャン・ユアン） Zhang Yuan
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Release Date:	2006-03-22
UPC Code:	712267982028
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	China
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Duration:	90 (mins)
Package Weight:	100 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004175727

Director: Zhang Yuan

A-Lan (Si Han) is a young (married) gay writer who is a regular in the public restrooms and city parks that are nocturnal gay cruising areas. He attracts the attention of Officer Shi (Hu Jun),a policeman whom he boldly taunts and sexually teases until he is arrested. Shi takes A-Lanitoia desolate police station where a most unusual all-night interrogation begins. For as the policeman plays sadomasochistic power games with his victim, A-Lan turns the encounter into a fanciful Jean Genet-like recounting of his life. A somber analogy of life that is beautifully filmed and which captures the desolate beauty and harsh realities of being differentiin repressive China.