Rouge
“They loved across two generations and two different worlds.”
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.
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Cast
19 people
Anita Mui Yim-fong
Fleur
Known for
Rumble in the Bronx
The Legend of Drunken Master
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing
Chan Chen-Pang
Known for
Happy Together
Farewell My Concubine
Alex Man Chi-leung
Yuen
Known for
As Tears Go By
Bruce Lee, My Brother
Emily Chu Bo-yee
Chor
Known for
A Better Tomorrow
Heart of Dragon
Irene Wan
Shu-Hsien
Known for
Tiger Cage
Tam Sin-Hung
Chen-Pang's Mother
Known for
All About Ah-Long
Fight Back to School 2
Chu Shui-Tong
Chen-Pang's Father
Also in
The Seasons
Three Years & Eight Months
Sin Hung Tam
Chen-Pang's Mother
Wong Yu
Ho Hsi
Known for
Dirty Ho
The Flying Guillotine
Yue Wong
Ho Hsi
Lau Kar-Wing
Movie Director
Known for
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Kara Wai Ying-hung
Actress Portraying Ghost
Known for
Return to the 36th Chamber
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
Stanley Kwan Kam-pang Director · Lilian Lee Bik-Wah Screenplay Chiu Kang-Chien Writer
First release December 5, 1987 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese
Production
Golden Way Films
Production
Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Production
Golden Harvest Company
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
胭脂扣
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 5, 1987
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
March 25, 2026 · Theatrical
Vietnam
June 12, 2026 · Theatrical
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