Due West: Our Sex Journey
Due West: Our Sex Journey is a 2012 Hong Kong 3-D erotica film directed and written by Mark Wu, starring Justin Cheung, Gregory Wong, Celia Kwok, Jeana Ho, and Daniella Wang.[1][2] It is based on the erotic novel entitled Dongguan Wood, first published as a series of online stories by pseudonymous author Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki.[3] The film premiered in Hong Kong on September 20, 2012.
Due West: Our Sex Journey | |
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Traditional | 一路向西 |
Simplified | 一路向西 |
Mandarin | Yīlù Xiàngxī |
Directed by | Mark Wu |
Produced by | Christopher Sun |
Written by | Mark Wu Fung Lam |
Based on | Dongguan Wood |
Starring | Justin Cheung Gregory Wong Celia Kwok Jeana Ho Daniella Wang |
Production company | ArtisteFilm Company China 3D Digital Distribution |
Distributed by | China 3D Digital Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese Mandarin |
Box office | HKD 18.82 million |
Cast
- Justin Cheung as Frankie
- Gregory Wong as Wong Jing, Frankie's best friend.
- Jessica Kizaki as AV Girl
- Tony Ho as Father of Frankie
- Ng Lai-chu as Mother of Frankie
- Aliza Mo as Zoey, Frankie's high school classmate whom he has a slight crush on
- Angelina Cheung as Margaret, Frankie's girlfriend when he studied in the United Kingdom.
- Celia Kwok as Zeta, an airline stewardess, Frankie's girlfriend where he got to know her in a restaurant.
- Jeana Ho as Fish (Xiaoyu), a sexy girl in a nightclub.
- Daniella Wang as Celia (Xiaosi), a sex worker in a Dongguan hotel, Frankie made love with her.
- Eva Li as Juliet
- Wylien Chiu as Susan
- Tin Kai-man as Du wen
- Polly Leung as Manager Jackie
- Wong Oi-ming
Release
The film was released on September 20, 2012 in Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. In an unusual distribution decision, some "women-only" exhibitions were scheduled in Hong Kong.[4]
Reception
Variety's Richard Kuipers called the film "a reasonably amusing 'American Pie'-like account of a randy Hong Kong teenager’s sexual awakening [that] . . . gradually becomes flaccid as its protag enters adulthood".[4] Derek Elley of Film Business Asia thought the film was better directed than Wu's previous efforts and "well-staged", with "lots of t&a, lots of harmless softcore sex, and lots of juvenile Cantonese comedy".[3]
References
- "Due West: Our Sex Journey". Chinesemov.com. 2012.
- 导演解读3D情色片《一路向西》拍摄幕后故事. 163.COM. 2012-09-13.
- Derek Elley, "Due West: Our Sex Journey" (review), Film Business Asia, January 31, 2013. Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki is not the same person as the similarly named Japanese author.
- "Review: ‘Due West: Our Sex Journey 3D’", Variety, September 23, 2012.