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I am unsure why Country House is redirected to this page. There are many 'Stately Homes' in towns and cities: [[Kenwood House]], [[Apsley House]], being just two in London which spring instantly to mind, whereas there are no country houses anywhere but in the country. Stately homes (mansions)in the town, and mansions in the country often have different plans and requirements. I feel they should be treated differently and have separate pages. [[User:Conte Giacomo|Giano]] 19:39, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

| name = Bishonen

| image = Bishonen.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Film poster

| director = Yonfan

| writer = Yonfan

| music = Chris Babida

| cinematography = Henry Chung

| editing = Ma Kam

| distributor = Victor Company of Japan Ltd

| released = [[1998 in film|1998]]

| runtime = 101 mins

| country = {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong

| language = Cantonese

| imdb_id = 0168496

}}

'''''Bishonen''''' ({{zh-cp|c=美少年之恋|p=Měishàonián zhi Liàn}} ; [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]]: Meisiunin zi lyun) is a [[1998 in film|1998]] [[film|movie]] from [[Hong Kong]] about an ill-fated [[gay]] romance.

==Synopsis==

Kenwood was a country house, its just that the city grew.... [[User:Justinc|Justinc]] 11:38, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jet ([[Stephen Fung]]) is a handsome gay hustler whose sex appeal seems to know no bounds. Everyone wants to make love to him, but he is in love with no one but himself.

Things change drastically when he notices what seems like a young couple in a shop, Sam ([[Daniel Wu]]) and Kana ([[Shu Qi]]). At first sight, he falls in love with Sam and begins following the two around.

:Grand city houses may even be palaces (though not in UK), but they are never "stately homes". "Stately homes" are grand country houses. Power houses. In France, you'd not find an ''hôtel'' in the country or a ''château'' in the city. --[[User:Wetman|Wetman]] 13:11, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jet's friend Ching, who is also a [[prostitution|hustler]], runs a personal in a gay magazine for Jet, imploring Sam to contact Jet.

At first, Jet is angry at Ching for not asking him, but his wrath subsides quickly when indeed he meets Sam again in what seems like a chance encounter, but actually is an outcome of the personal.

Sam turns out to be a police officer and Jet starts to befriend Sam, hoping this will turn into a relationship. But Sam does not seem to notice Jet's intentions towards him.

Unbeknownst to Jet, Sam had a homosexual affair with pop star K.S.([[Terence Yin]]) five years earlier. At the same time, Ching had been in unrequited love with Sam (then calling himself Fai) when the two were still office workers.

Ching comes to his apartment shared with Jet when Jet and Sam are there, instantly recognizes Sam as Fai and is furious with Jet for stealing his beloved.

Jet is picked up by K.S. for sex, but then feels guilty for betraying Sam.

<<SPOILER>> Please don't read ahead as it reveals the ending of the movie.

Later, when Sam and Jet finally give in to their desires, Sam's father walks in on them. Deeply moved by the grief he feels he has caused his father and unable to cope with the situation, Sam commits [[suicide]], leaving behind Jet, who plunges himself back into his job to try to forget what happened while asking himself if he was responsible for Sam's death.

Before killing himself, Sam leaves a letter for Jet, inside there's a letter and the advertisement.

Knowing that he has truly been loved, Jet is able to move on with his life after grieving for Sam's death.

<<SPOILER end>>

==Cast includes==

* [[Stephen Fung]]

* [[Daniel Wu]]

* [[Shu Qi]]

* [[Terence Yin]]

* [[Jason Tsang]]

* [[Kenneth Tsang]]

* [[Chiao Chiao]]

* [[Tat-Ming Cheung]]

* [[James Wong]]

* [[Joe Junior]]

* [[Paul Fonoroff]]

* [[Michael Lam]]

* [[Jim Lam Yim]]

* [[Man Ming Ma]]

* [[Brigitte Lin]]

==See also==

* [[Cinema of China]]

* [[Hong Kong in films]]

* [[List of Hong Kong films]]

== External links ==

* {{imdb title|id=0168496|title=Bishonen}}

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[[Category:1998 films]]

[[Category:Hong Kong films]]

[[Category:LGBT-related films]]

[[Category:Cantonese-language films]]

[[Category:Drama films]]

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