Due West: Our Sex Journey is a 2012 Hong Kong 3-D erotic film directed and written by Mark Wu, starring Justin Cheung, Gregory Wong, Celia Kwok, Jeana Ho, and Daniella Wang.[1][2] It is based on the erotic novel entitled Dongguan Wood, first published as a series of online stories by pseudonymous author Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki.[3] The film premiered in Hong Kong on 20 September 2012.[citation needed]
| Due West: Our Sex Journey | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 一路向西 |
| Simplified Chinese | 一路向西 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yīlù Xiàngxī |
| Directed by | Mark Wu |
| Written by | Mark Wu Fung Lam |
| Based on | Dongguan Wood |
| Produced by | Christopher Sun |
| Starring | Justin Cheung Gregory Wong Celia Kwok Jeana Ho Daniella Wang |
Production companies | ArtisteFilm Company China 3D Digital Distribution |
| Distributed by | China 3D Digital Distribution |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin |
| Box office | HKD 18.82 million |
Cast
edit- Justin Cheung as Frankie
- Gregory Wong as Wong Jing, Frankie's best friend
- Mark Wu as James, Frankie's university roommate
- Celia Kwok as Zeta, an airline stewardess, Frankie's girlfriend where he got to know her in a restaurant.
- Jeana Ho as Fish (Xiaoyu), a sexy girl in a nightclub.
- Aliza Mo as Zoey, Frankie's high school classmate whom he has a slight crush on
- Angelina Cheung as Margaret, Frankie's girlfriend when he studied in the United Kingdom.
- Daniella Wang as Celia (Xiaosi), a sex worker in a Dongguan hotel, Frankie made love with her.
- Wylien Chiu as Susan
- Tin Kai-man as Du wen
- Tony Ho as Father of Frankie
- Ng Lai-chu as Mother of Frankie
- Eva Li as Juliet
- Polly Leung as Manager Jackie
- Jessica Kizaki as AV Girl
Release
editThe film was released on 20 September 2012 in Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. In an unusual distribution decision, some "women-only" exhibitions were scheduled in Hong Kong.
A sequel Due West 2: Our Sex Vacation was released on 1 January 2014.
Reception
editVariety's Richard Kuipers called the film "a reasonably amusing 'American Pie'-like account of a randy Hong Kong teenager’s sexual awakening [that] . . . gradually becomes flaccid as its protag enters adulthood".[4] Derek Elley of Film Business Asia thought the film was better directed than Wu's previous efforts and "well-staged", with "lots of t&a, lots of harmless softcore sex, and lots of juvenile Cantonese comedy".[3]
References
edit- ^ "Due West: Our Sex Journey". Chinesemov.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ 导演解读3D情色片《一路向西》拍摄幕后故事. 163.COM. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ a b Derek Elley, "Due West: Our Sex Journey" (review) Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Film Business Asia, 31 January 2013. Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki is not the same person as the similarly named Japanese author.
- ^ a b "Review: ‘Due West: Our Sex Journey 3D’" Archived 19 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Variety, 23 September 2012.