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"Floating World" is a Hong Kong film directed by Fan Ho and Fan Ho, starring Cheng Yuen Man, Tang Yiu Fai and Zhou Yingdi. The story took place four hundred years ago and tells the story of a romantic and talented man who was destined to suffer from the disaster of peach blossoms. Overnight, he fell into an absurd and bizarre dream, began to indulge in the vortex of desire, and finally suffered heavy retribution. Then, he woke up with a start and went to the mountain to ask the eminent monk for advice. However, after arguing with the eminent monks, the talented man still firmly believes in the philosophy of "life in the morning, enjoyment in time", so he embarks on a "sex journey" that criss-crosses the sea

A talented man first marries a beautiful wife, works confidently during the day, and enjoys himself at night. He knew that his father-in-law couldn't bear this kind of life, so under the pretense of going to Beijing to take the exam, he actually went around to have fun. So he abandoned his wife and traveled around. While fishing, he ran into a fragrant beauty, and after going through a series of twists and turns, the two finally fell in love. However, the beautiful woman's husband retaliated angrily, humiliated and retaliated against the talented wife many times, and finally sold her into a brothel, becoming the recommendation of thousands of people.

Afterwards, when the wit was looking for prostitutes in the brothel, he accidentally met his wife. His wife had no face to face, and finally hanged herself. The talented man wept bitterly while stroking his wife's corpse, regretting it too late, and realized that evil will be rewarded with evil, and there is a cycle of cause and effect, and there is nothing wrong with it. So he thoroughly realized all these things, devoted himself to Buddhism, and ended this crippled life.

The movie "Floating World" presents a story of "an adulterous wife and a woman being adulterated" in a straightforward way. In addition to pornographic elements, the film also focuses on the portrayal of the two characters Wei Yangsheng and Yuxiang. Wei Yangsheng adulterated another man's wife, but worried that he would fall into the same fate. This can be seen in the magic song and dance in the opening title.