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Bishonen is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Yonfan released in USA on 11 september 1998 with Stephen Fung
Bishonen (1998)
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Add to a movie listBishonen... (Chinese: 美少年之戀; pinyin: Měishàonián zhī Liàn; Jyutping: Mei5siu3nin4 zi1 lyun2, Japanese 美少年の恋; literally: Passion Between Beautiful Youths), is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film about an ill-fated gay romance. Directed by Yonfan, it stars Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu and Shu Qi.
In 2011, the film was screened at the 16th Busan International Film Festival as part of a retrospective of Yonfan's work, which featured seven of his restored and re-mastered films from the 1980s through the 2000s.
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Jet (Stephen Fung) is a handsome gay hustler whose sex appeal seems to know no bounds. Everyone wants to make love to him, but he is in love with no one but himself.Actors
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