Loosely based on a 17th century erotic chinese story named the carnal prayer mat the story follows a young scholar named yangsheng who gets married to the beautiful daughter of country.
The carnal prayer mat movie.
It was published in japan in 1705 as nikufuton.
Directed by christopher sun and produced by stephen shiu the executive producer of its predecessor film sex and zen the film is the world s first 3 d erotic film.
The patrick hanan translation of li yu s the carnal prayer mat is as much a case study in period chinese entertainment as it is any kind of entertainment.
Inspired by the carnal prayer mat an ancient chinese text comparable to the kama sutra this stereoscopic reboot of the popular 1990s era erotic comedy series follows libidinous ming dynasty scholar yangsheng hiro hayama as he seeks to gain the stamina needed to satisfy his beautiful new bride yuxiang leni lan upon realizing he lacks the sexual fortitude to have a healthy sex life with.
Sex and zen which opened today at the cinema village is based on li yu s novel the carnal prayer mat an erotic work that was banned for centuries in china.
An adaptation of the classic novel the carnal prayer mat the film follows a young ming dynasty scholar named wei yangsheng on an eye opening journey of sexual discovery.
Explicit references tend to be in a more poetic style than is typical in european erotica.
The content and language is adult.