Sex and Zen (1991): Where to Watch, Cast & Facts

Sex and Zen (1991) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Banned for 400 years! The most notorious of China's three great erotic sagas – revealed on the screen for the first time.

Where to watch

Streaming availability changes by country and date — check TMDB or your local streaming app for current options.

Cast

Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah as Wei Yang Sheng / Yan Ching; Kent Cheng Jak-Si as Tin Chan; Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong as Wong Chut; Lo Lieh as Cat Burglar Sai Kunlun; Amy Yip Chi-Mei as Yu Xiang / Chou Yin; Isabelle Chow Wang as Shui Chu; Carrie Ng Ka-Lai as Mistress Ku; Mari Ayukawa as Wong Chut’s wife

About Sex and Zen

A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females.

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• Crazy Love
• The House of Tomorrow
• The Man from Elysian Fields
• The Little Death
• Time Is Up
• Hooking Up
• Due West: Our Sex Journey
• Just Before I Go

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.