Filmen börjar med att den konspirerande drottningmodern genom sina ränker låter mörda sin styvson och tillika kungen av Joseon. Hon sätter sin egen son på tronen och styr riket via denne. Sonen, Seong-won, förälskar sig dock i sin halvbrors concubin. Detta blir upptrappningen till en maktkonflikt inom kungahuset där alla tycks vara fiender med alla. Parallellt med detta står concubinens före detta älskare, eunucken Kwon-yoo. Denne dras snart in allt djupare i intrigerna.
A brilliant general distinguishes himself by protecting the dynasty's borders while keeping an eye on one of the sons of the king.
Varje hustru till Chen Zuoqian har ett eget hus. Mot aftonen tänds en röd lykta framför det hus han väljer att tillbringa natten i. Fruarnas konspirationer för att få makens gunst eskalerar när den unga Songlian anländer och blir husets fjärde fru.
En agent från den kejserliga staten är skickad till en by för att få tag på en olaglig man som gömmer sig i det lokala härbärget Dragon Inn. En nyinspelning av Kung Fu-klassikern "Sun lung moon hak chan" från 1992.
När en mystisk katt uppenbarar sig är den långvariga freden i Tangdynastin hotad. En poet och en munk ger sig tillsammans iväg för att finna det som sedan länge är gömt och bryta en urgammal förbannelse. Deras sökande för dem in i mytiska världar där illusion och verklighet löper sida vid sida.
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
Yuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined to exact revenge on the evil lord Akinari Katou and “The 7 Spears”, the band of soldiers he commands. Trained assassins and skilled in sorcery, these men took over the Aizu prefecture and took its most beautiful young women as concubines. They left behind 7 daughters now seeking out Jyubei Yagyuu to help get revenge.
With World War II looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.
Baserat på den klassiska kinesiska romanen "Jin Ping Mei", skriven under Ming-dynastin. Själva romanen är det första kinesiska fiktiva verket i full längd som framställer sexualitet på ett uttryckligt sätt. Filmen (såväl som romanen) äger rum under åren 1111-1127 och handlar om Ximen Quing, en korrupt social karriärist och vällustig köpman som är tillräckligt rik för att gifta sig med en grupp hustrur och konkubiner.
In the ancient Chinese dynasties, there were thousands concubines but only one Princess in the palace. To be the only one, girls fought by all means. Two beauties, Mandy came from poor family and Pearl came from aristocracy. They became soul mates and swore they were friends forever and would help each other on the way to the Princess Selection. But they discovered that there was only one girl could be the Princess, and things became different.
Arun, a married man, has an affair with Priya as he dislikes his wife Leelavathi, who is plain-looking and overweight. When she discovers Arun's affair, she plots with Dr. Sakthivel to win Arun back.
Wolmae is a gisaeng living in Namwon. Her daughter, Chun-hyang, is secretly engaged to marry Lee Mong-ryong. Lee leaves for Seoul with his father and the new governor, Byeon Hak-do, begins coveting Chun-hyang.
A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.
Sau-chen goes out with the tenant Wong Chun-ching over the protests of her class-conscious parents Eighth Uncle and his wife. To foot the medical bills of his mother, Sau-chen works as a promoter at the Products Expo for Lung Wah Pharmacy and attracts the unwanted attention of the boss Chin Hoi-ngan. Chin desires the woman as a concubine. Acting on the advice of his subordinate Chiu Chik, the boss invents a phantom son and proposes marriage with the offer of a handsome dowry. The employee Wong, short of cash and needs money fast, is drafted as his saviour to meet the parents when the plot is duly exposed. Teaming up with his tenants, Eighth Uncle invites the henpecked husband's termagant wife along and causes a scene. In gratitude of their efforts, the landlord and his wife give blessings to their daughter and her lover.
Delicately flirting with eroticism, the animated film The Banquet of the Concubine, by young Chinese director Hefang Wei, recounts one of the most famous love stories of Imperial China. In this tale of bitter jealousy, nothing can sweeten the heart of an abandoned mistress, not even the luscious lychee.