Why so many brothel scene's in Kung Fu Films?

[Omni Dragon]

Why so brothel scene's in Kung Fu Films? Even when the film is about Shaolin or Wong Fei Hung.

[Guest Markgway]

An excuse to show cute chicks, of course.

Also in the era when most KF films are set there's not that many places you can set a scene.

Casino, monastery, dojo, etc...

[Son Of A Gun]

The more brothel scenes the better, I say!

[Space]

An excuse to show cute chicks, of course.

Also in the era when most KF films are set there's not that many places you can set a scene.

Casino, monastery, dojo, etc...

Don't forget restaurants.

You can't make a good kung fu film unless you destroy a restaurant.

[The Dragon]

Don't forget restaurants.

You can't make a good kung fu film unless you destroy a restaurant.

Yeah... With plates of uneaten food to be thrown around off tables and bottles/jugs of wine to be broken and spilt everywhere!

[ShaOW!linDude]

And bench fights.

And table top fights.

And sycophantish waiters getting decked.

And owners moaning and wringing their hands.

And rarely anyone paying for the damage.

[OpiumKungFuCracker]

Because it's awesome!!!

[Shawoholic]

And rarely anyone paying for the damage.

Although not shown in film would be logical owner of restaurant transfers money of those knocked cold or unconscious into his own pocket:tongue:

[John]

Why so brothel scene's in Kung Fu Films? Even when the film is about Shaolin or Wong Fei Hung.

I'm not too familiar with the historicity of brothels, but I agree with Markgway. I've also heard that the exploitation in 70s Japanese cinema was a reaction to the increasing popularity of television; perhaps it's a similar story with Hong Kong.

[Tosh]

Because that's the way it was in the time period, some of the high profile courtesans had serious clout.

[Guest Markgway]

In those days going to a brothel was not only acceptable, but seen as an example of status (how many times do you see the girls flutter about rich gentlemen with dreams of being bought for marriage).

[GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG]

And how many of those prostitutes were good at kung fu.

My favorite thing in restaurant fights is when the super hero slings all kinds of objects that stick in a wall, a ceiling and people..

AHHH! Don't forget the mighty, light and tender chopsticks impaling someone in the forehead.

Am I sick or what ! LOL!

GD Y-Y.

[Jay Stone]

It's the world's oldest profession!

[The Dragon]

It's the world's oldest profession!

and, a great place to release your Chi!

[sifu iron perm]

why did The Young Master come to my mind..lol

Tiger really messed up with inviting the chica..Dragon tried to play captain save-a-tiger but failed!

[Michael L.]

Because it's awesome!!!

Exactly.

(I'm just writing this to meet the minimum character requirement!)

[bigscore]

Because that's the way it was in the time period, some of the high profile courtesans had serious clout.

^

what he said....

[18JadeArafats]

Reminds me of a quip from teleport-city,roughly: "In kung fu times a contractor can make a good living repairing roofs, walls, windows, etc.. that people leap through or are thrown out of."

[ChineseSausage]

The chinese way to present some T&A to moviegoers

[Fist of the Heavenly Sky]

My take on this: Warriors in Eastern martial arts flicks are in full acknowledgement of the fact that death will stuck when they least expect it. From that perspective, it isn't exactly strange that so many of them happen to be very fond of the opposite sex, albeit not necessarily in the libidinous way but rather in the desire of having a family and creating a more meaningful legacy. It would also be a tad unrealistic for even the most philosophically devoted to not have a fling once in a blue moon. As paraphrased from David Carradine in Kung Fu the Series: "the Shaolin life is not one of restriction". If one really wants to look it from a strictly libidinous perspective, then hey, nothing wrong with a warrior living life's pleasures to the fullest, as per a quote from @Phantom Dreamer in another thread: "A man's strength can be measured by his appetites. Indeed, a man's strength flows from his appetites."

Edited November 14, 2017 by Fist of the Heavenly Sky

[DragonClaws]

12 hours ago, Fist of the Heavenly Sky said:

My take on this: Warriors in Eastern martial arts flicks are in full acknowledgement of the fact that death will stuck when they least expect it. From that perspective, it isn't exactly strange that so many of them happen to be very fond of the opposite sex, albeit not necessarily in the libidinous way but rather in the desire of having a family and creating a more meaningful legacy. It would also be a tad realistic for even the most philosophically devoted to not have a fling once in a blue moon. As paraphrased from David Carradine in Kung Fu the Series: "the Shaolin life is not one of restriction". If one really wants to look it from a strictly libidinous perspective, then hey, nothing wrong with a warrior living life's pleasures to the fullest, as per a quote from @Phantom Dreamer in another thread: "A man's strength can be measured by his appetites. Indeed, a man's strength flows from his appetites."

We all know these movie heroes were super strong. Even after a visit to the local brothel, they can still hit just as hard. It doesnt matter if they've spent the whole weekend or entire week there. Someone comes looking for them, and there legs/fists are as a strong as ever.

A movie I recently watched called the Woman Avenger, has Peng Kong's villian telling one of his main lackeys he's lost his focus. I dont recall the exact dialogue, but he basically says he's become too focused on being debauchered and lost his Kung Fu edge.

They clearly never heard the old mantra said by Mickey, in Rocky "Women weaken legs".

[Fist of the Heavenly Sky]

49 minutes ago, DragonClaws said:

We all know these movie heroes were super strong. Even after a visit to the local brothel, they can still hit just as hard. It doesnt matter if they've spent the whole weekend or entire week there. Someone comes looking for them, and there legs/fists are as a strong as ever.

A movie I recently watched called the Woman Avenger, has Peng Kong's villian telling one of his main lackeys he's lost his focus. I dont recall the exact dialogue, but he basically says he's become too focused on being debauchered and lost his Kung Fu edge.

They clearly never heard the old mantra said by Mickey, in Rocky "Women weaken legs".

Eastern warriors generally know more about the human body's limitations than the average person, and lovemaking would be a religious rite for them, so to speak. The women, on the other hand, will be lucky if they're able to walk at all for a week after their dalliance with your local Shaolin warrior.

I reckon that there were two specific moments in what I think was King Boxer (1973) but I could be wrong due to misplaced similarities, the first in which the hero is seduced by and makes out with a temptress, which made it easier for the baddies to ambush and kill him as he did not store enough energy to fend them off. This would also be the main reason for the downfall of it's villain, as he made a tea house/bordello his main hideout and there was a piece of dialogue about him spending more time consorting with pavilion women than honing his fighting skills. It would seem that not all of them are specialized in chi harvesting after all.

Abstinence makes sense when one is still a pupil, as women would be nothing short of a distraction to one's studies. When they're a master/instructor, thought, one can't fault them for quenching a basic biological function every now and then. Whether their significant other/damsel in distress approves of it is another story!

Edited November 14, 2017 by Fist of the Heavenly Sky

[Cognoscente]

If only they did a movie where the main star is an actress who plays a hooker.

[DrNgor]

On 4/27/2011 at 10:07 PM, Jay Stone said:

It's the world's oldest profession!

I've often wondered where that expression came from. My first guess was to assume that it came from skewed interpretation of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit as being a metaphor for sexual immorality. 

According to the Wikipedia, it stems from a story by Rudyard Kipling:

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Lalun is a member of the most ancient profession in the world. Lilith was her very-great-grandmamma, and that was before the days of Eve as every one knows. In the West, people say rude things about Lalun's profession, and write lectures about it, and distribute the lectures to young persons in order that Morality may be preserved. In the East where the profession is hereditary, descending from mother to daughter, nobody writes lectures or takes any notice; and that is a distinct proof of the inability of the East to manage its own affairs.

Not really Biblical, since Lility falls into the category of "Judeo-Christian mythology" as opposed to actual Bible-supported doctrine. But yeah, good ol' fashioned Lilith bashing.

[DrNgor]

24 minutes ago, Cognoscente said:

If only they did a movie where the main star is an actress who plays a hooker.

Wouldn't that be Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan; Lust for a Chinese Courtesan; and Slave of the Sword?