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3D porn film "3D Sex and Zen" to screen in Singapore with no cuts
SINGAPORE: An international version of the Hong Kong film "3D Sex and Zen", touted as the world's first 3D porn film, has received a R21 (Restricted 21) rating from the Board of Film Censors (BFC), and will be screened uncut in Singapore, from July 21.
The international version of the film clocks in at 102 minutes, 27 minutes shorter than the 129-minute version shown in Hong Kong, which was again six minutes shorter than the 135-minute version its director Christopher Sun had originally put together.
A spokesperson for Golden Village Pictures, the film's distributor in Singapore, said that they decided to bring in the film "just to add variety to what we already have at our cinemas".
"3D Sex and Zen", is a remake of a 1991 Hong Kong Category III (adult oriented) film of the same name, that was loosely based on "The Carnal Prayer Mat", a piece of Chinese classical erotic literature.
It revolves around a Chinese scholar in ancient China, who loses his way after becoming too deeply involved with the harem of his friend, a duke.
Japanese adult stars Saori Hara and Yukiko Suo, along with Hong Kong actress Vonnie Liu, play the female leads in the film, which also carries a BFC consumer advisory stating that it contains "Nudity, Sexual Scenes and Graphic Violence".
"3D Sex and Zen" created a stir when it was released in Hong Kong in April, attracting long queues of patrons curious about how 3D technology had been incorporated into an adult film.
The US$3.2 million (S$3.9 million) film raked in over HK$2.8 million (S$446,000) on its opening day in Hong Kong, edging out Hollywood director James Cameron's "Avatar" which took in HK$2.6 million (S$414,000).
There were even reports of travel agents organising trips for tourists from China to catch the film in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as China's strict censorship laws prevent it from being screened there.
-CNA/ha
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1137404/1/.html
SINGAPORE: An international version of the Hong Kong film "3D Sex and Zen", touted as the world's first 3D porn film, has received a R21 (Restricted 21) rating from the Board of Film Censors (BFC), and will be screened uncut in Singapore, from July 21.
The international version of the film clocks in at 102 minutes, 27 minutes shorter than the 129-minute version shown in Hong Kong, which was again six minutes shorter than the 135-minute version its director Christopher Sun had originally put together.
A spokesperson for Golden Village Pictures, the film's distributor in Singapore, said that they decided to bring in the film "just to add variety to what we already have at our cinemas".
"3D Sex and Zen", is a remake of a 1991 Hong Kong Category III (adult oriented) film of the same name, that was loosely based on "The Carnal Prayer Mat", a piece of Chinese classical erotic literature.
It revolves around a Chinese scholar in ancient China, who loses his way after becoming too deeply involved with the harem of his friend, a duke.
Japanese adult stars Saori Hara and Yukiko Suo, along with Hong Kong actress Vonnie Liu, play the female leads in the film, which also carries a BFC consumer advisory stating that it contains "Nudity, Sexual Scenes and Graphic Violence".
"3D Sex and Zen" created a stir when it was released in Hong Kong in April, attracting long queues of patrons curious about how 3D technology had been incorporated into an adult film.
The US$3.2 million (S$3.9 million) film raked in over HK$2.8 million (S$446,000) on its opening day in Hong Kong, edging out Hollywood director James Cameron's "Avatar" which took in HK$2.6 million (S$414,000).
There were even reports of travel agents organising trips for tourists from China to catch the film in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as China's strict censorship laws prevent it from being screened there.
-CNA/ha
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1137404/1/.html
