Newcomer sex kitten Hu Kuan-Chen plays the pathetic, starving, lost girl, forced into prostitution under the lesbian control of experienced erotica actress Yu An-An to blow everyone's minds away. With the box office returns for their pictures suffering a steady decline during the early '80s, Shaw Brothers had director Chor Yuen remake his 1972 hit INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN in the hopes of duplicating its box office success and international sales. The sensual Madam Chun (Candace Yu On-on) indulges in all manner of immoral acts, ranging from acting as a go-between for assassinations to using abducted girls for her brothel. One of her newest workers is feisty young Ai Nu (Nancy Hu Kuan-chen), who manages to escape after being gang raped, only to be recaptured shortly thereafter. When Ai Nu murders one of her customers, Chun feels sorry for her and covers up the crime. However, straight arrow constable Lin Yun (Alex Man Chi-leung), who once gave Ai Nu some food when he found her cold and starving one night, smells a rat. He decides to begin his own investigation, despite having been rebuked by the district's corrupt magistrate. By now, Chun has developed more than a proprietary interest in her beautiful underling and the pair eventually begin sleeping with each other. Ai Nu starts showing an interest in Yun, however, enraging Chun, who orders her male lover, swordsman/assassin Xiao Ye (Chang Kuo-chu), to murder the lawman. Ye is attracted to Ai Nu himself and is finding that his bloodlust has started to fade. Chun and Ai Nu are changing, too, with each now assuming the other's disposition and outlook. Everything about the remake seems a half step down but LUST FOR LOVE OF A CHINESE COURTESAN remains above average for Hong Kong erotica and of additional interest for the way it expands upon the original premise.

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