Sex and Zen is a softcore sex comedy that in certain parts of the movie almost border on oddity.
The film represents various kinds of characters from different eras that include an inter-racial middle-aged gay couple, a band who uses the hotel for orgies and drugs, nubile women learning about their sexuality, a May-December love affair, and a woman's quest for the elusive orgasm.
Not Oscar material, but well worth watching, if just for the W.
However, it was allowed release in 2016 after an international version was polished and masks some scenes with special effects.
Has the mentality of a Chinese version of American Pie.
One of its memorable scenes, which is actually the most unerotic part of the film, is when the protagonist has a horse's genitalia surgically grafted onto his body.
Chu is a lowly debt collector for the local strongman Wang.
But it doesn't stop directors from pushing the boundaries and exploring this genre that is rarely consumed by a local audience.