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| Hiro Hayama | ... |
Wei Yangsheng
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| Leni Lan Crazybarby | ... |
Tie Yuxiang
(as Leni Lan)
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| Miyavi Matsunoi | ... |
Ruizhu
(as Saori Hara)
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Vienna Lyn | ... |
Rhuizu
(voice)
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| Yukiko Suô | ... |
Dongmei
(as Suou Yukiko)
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| Vonnie Lui | ... |
The Elder of Bliss
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| Tony Ho | ... |
Prince of Ning
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Kirt Kishita | ... |
Quan Laoshi
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Jason Yiu | ... |
Shangguan Shen
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Calina Chan | ... |
Maid Xian Lan
(as Carina Chen)
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Yat-Fung Chan | ... |
Jau Dung
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Justin Cheung | ... |
Mr. Lam
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Mark Wu | ... |
Tiancan
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| Kai Man Tin | ... |
Dique
(as Tenky Tai Man Tin)
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Shu Tong Wong | ... |
Monk Budai
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As a conceited scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Yangsheng believes that since life is short, one should pursue the ultimate sexual pleasure as time allows. Wei Yangsheng encounters Tie Fei the Taoist priest's daughter, Tie Yuxiang, on an occasion. With the former's talent and the latter's beauty, they fall in love at first sight, and Wei Yangsheng is later married into the Tie's family. Yuxiang is elegant and courteous under the influence of her father's faith, though her lack of passion cannot fully satisfy Wei Yangsheng's sexual needs. His disappointment is no less than his affection for her. Written by Mark Wu
3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY. It's difficult to know what to make of a film with a title like that. It's just so, well, in your face...as are the 3D effects in this film. 3D is showcased throughout, and it comes in the form of some very, very poor CGI. CGI penises, CGI gore effects, they're all presence and correct here and all very silly and fake-looking, but I guess that's part of the charm.
The meandering storyline involves a spoilt young man who marries a beautiful woman but fails to satisfy her in the bedroom. Frustrated, he falls in with an evil brothel keeper who arranges for him to have a penis transplant. Madness ensues, in a plot incorporating transgender villains, rape, sexual torture, and a military coup. None of it makes much sense, and the acting is very poor indeed, apart from the chief villain who looks like he stepped in from an old Five Venoms movie.
What 3D SEX AND ZEN does offer is an endless array of sex scenes, almost all of them involving topless nudity. The actresses are certainly game for a laugh, but it's difficult to identify just what sort of film the producers were trying to make. As a comedy it works in places but the proliferation of rape stuff in the second half makes it hard to stomach, and as a serious drama the character motivations are laughable. It's an oddity all right.