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Webcam girl Jade (Taiwanese pop icon Rainie Yang) makes her living tantalizing online voyeurs. But behind her sassy façade, Jade carries the powerful memory of her childhood crush on Takeko, a young woman who now works at a nearby tattoo parlor. Jade goes to Takeko seeking a tattoo of a spider lily, hoping to rekindle their love. Takeko refuses to give her the tattoo, which symbolizes a family secret. She also spurns Jade's advances - at first . . .
From talented director Zero Chou comes a cinematic exploration of love and memory featuring an awesome soundtrack and a hot cast. | | | Features: | |
• Behind every tattoo there is a secret. Taiwanese pop icon Rainie Yang stars as Jade, a spunky webcam girl lustfully pursuing her first love, Takeko (the strikingly handsome Isabella Leong) a Taipei tattoo artist. Meanwhile, an undercover agent is investigating Jade s webcam activity and Takeko is grappling with the tragedies of her past. From Taiwan s hottest female director Zero Chou, thi
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Rainie Yang | | Director:
| Zero Chou | | Format:
| AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| Mandarin Chinese | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| WOLFE VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 98 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| May 06, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 opinionJan 07, 2009
By Katrien Sauviller
I simply love this movie, it's acted very good, it has a strong storyline
I reccomend everybody to see it because it is one of the better lesbian movies around!!!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A Perfect FilmJul 09, 2008
By Sheeba
I LOVED THIS FILM! Zero Chou has to be one of the most exciting new film makers out there. This film has it all: interesting story line, good writing, great cinematography and direction, and superb acting. A PERFECT film! Can't wait for Chou's next film "Drifting Flowers"!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Worth watchingOct 21, 2011
By Diva
A story about a deep, enduring love and passion between two females that exists through years of loneliness, tragedy, yearning, sacrifice and separation. There are several messages flowing through the central theme: recognizing something that has been buried and forgotten with just a touch, surviving life's disappointments by receding into a world of fantasy, surrendering dreams and desires in favor of family cohesion, and hiding one's true self behind a masquerade. Although it is subtitled, the dynamics are a universal language. While there is no role-playing in the relationship between the women, the top/bottom undercurrent is unmistakable -- and sexual depravity is the indulgence of men. The major drawback for me was the use of the "jasmine" song meant to convey longing: it serves its purpose the first time and makes sense when restated near the end, but the repetition of it otherwise was downright annoying.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Finally, a movie about lesbians that captures what it's really like.Feb 09, 2010
By Y. Khuu
"Nonya"
After becoming dismayed by Hollywood's portrayal of lesbians as either super feminist and cheesy or a complete rebel to society I found this extremely refreshing as it portrays more of a realistic view of two friends falling for each other--regardless of gender--and the methods they use to communicate their feelings while blending into a culture that finds this type of same-sex relationship taboo. I give this film 5 stars for the over all production, including the dialogue and soundtrack in addition to the excellent concept and storyline.
3 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Very thought provoking.Aug 12, 2008
By Bridget O'Banion
This movie intrigued me so much that I purchased it after renting it through Netflix. It is a story of a young woman (Takeko) who survives a horrible earthquake because she is sleeping over at her girlfriend's house that is much better built and sturdier than her own. Her father dies saving her younger brother from the collapse of the house. She gets a tatoo all along her left arm identical to her father's so her brother (being traumatized by the earthquake) will recognize her as someone he can trust. In her early teens, she meets a young girl (Jade) who develops a crush on her. Jade at the time is nine years old. Takeko moves away but returns to the town as a twenty-something woman. Jade has started a career as a webcam call girl for internet sex, she entices the viewer's to watch her because she is going to get a tatoo. She goes in search of a tatoo and discover's the girl of her childhood crush has returned and is a tatoo artist. Jade sets out to seduce her because Jade still feels that she is in love with Takeko. Jade wants a tatoo exactly like Takeko's but Takeko will not give it to her but draws a beautiful Jasmin flower to tatoo on Jade. Takeko begins the tatoo and Jade completes her seduction and they make love. Takeko forgets her brother and he wanders from his school for the mentally challenged. Along the side of the road, he spots a spider lillie and memories come rushing back into his mind. He falls and is in a comma. Takeko realizes that she has forgotten her brother and hurries to the school where he spends his days. A police officer approaches her and tells her where her brother is. Takeko texts Jade and tell her that she can never see her again. Takeko's brother awakes from his coma with his memory in tack. Takeko is so happy, she sends a voices mail to Jade saying that she was sorry and would be waiting at the tatoo parlor for her.
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