Pleasure Factory

Oct 18, 2007

1h 28m

★ 4.3

Come spend the night in Singapore's red-light district

Overview

A series of intertwining tales involve "pleasure seekers and pleasure providers" during the course of one night in Geylang, Singapore's red-light district. There are three distinct stories, united only by the presence of characters from all the stories in a streetside eatery:

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Spicy Apple Films

Fortissimo Films

Innoform Media

Pleasure Factory Trailers

Cast

Linda

Yang Kuei-mei

Chris

Ananda Everingham

Jonathon

Loo Zihan

Kiat

Katashi Chen

The Girl in White Towel

Xuer

Teenage Girl

Isabella Chen

Ming (as Jeszlene Devon Zhou)

Jeszlene Zhou

Guitar Man

Ian Francis Low

Old Man

Vincent Tee

Old Man

Godfrey Yeo

Mama-san

Theresa Chua

Back Alley Pimp

Fish Chaar

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