Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed.

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

2011

Chinese

5.9

♡ 15

68%

Hark Tsui Director

Xun Zhou as Ling Yanqiu

Jack Kao as Tartar

Kun Chen as Yu Huatian / Pu Cangzhou / Blade in the Wind Jet Li

Jet Li as Zhao Huai'an

Three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.

The Life of Oharu

1952

Japanese

8.1

♡ 19

100%

Kenji Mizoguchi Director

Eijirô Yanagi as Forger

Toshirô Mifune as Katsunosuke

Hisako Yamane as Lady Matsudaira

Masao Mishima as Taisaburo Hishiya

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Empire of Lust

2015

Korean

6.1

♡ 18

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Romance

Sang-hoon Ahn Director

Seong-min Park as Jin's Friend 2

Ju-bong Gi as Jo Jun

Ha-Neul Kang as Kim Jin / Min-Jae's son

Hyuk Jang as Yi Bang-won / King's son / Min-jae's subordinate

In the turbulent Joseon dynasty, army commander Min-jae watches ambitious Prince Yi Bang-won while becoming entwined with Ga-hee, a vengeful gisaeng. Fate collides as power shifts.

Yôkihi

1955

Japanese

7.1

♡ 11

75%

Kenji Mizoguchi Director

Masayuki Mori as Emperor Xuan Zong

Michiko Ai as Honghua

Chieko Murata as Lu-hua

Machiko Kyô as Princess Yang Kwei-fei

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.