Moods of Love

Moods of Love

1977 · 102 min · ★ 4.7 · Romance, Drama

Two stories are included in this erotic/romantic anthology. In the first, a Sung-Dynasty (10th-13th century) Buddhist monk is tricked into sexual relations with an unscrupulous female adventurer. He dies soon after with his misdeed on his conscience. In the second, the daughter of a woman who died in a brothel discovers that her mother died an unnatural death and seeks revenge.

Directed by Li Han-Hsiang · Written by Li Han-Hsiang

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