According to contemporary sources...
The film is genius, a great product of our Chinese friends. It follows the story of a concubine who, in the end, sees the entire business of competing for the master's attention as entirely pointless; they are compared to pieces of cloth which the owner can wear and discard at any time. In the end, the main character - the third concubine - goes insane.
Apparently, the Chinese gov't initially banned the film as some critics thought it was a criticism of the Chinese government. It's not hard to see why, though, seeing as how the entire household metaphorically morphs into a prison as the story progresses.
Tally-ho.
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