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| Directed by | Yonfan |
| Produced by | Sylvia Chang |
| Written by | Yonfan |
| Narrated by | Brigitte Lin |
| Starring | Stephen Fung Daniel Wu Shu Qi |
| Music by | Chris Babida |
| Cinematography | Henry Chung |
| Editing by | Ma Kam |
| Distributed by | Chong Cho Sau Productions (Hong Kong) JVC (Japan) |
| Release date(s) | August 14, 1998 March 18, 2000 |
| Running time | 111 mins |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Bishonen... (Chinese: 美少年之戀; pinyin: Měishàonián zhī Liàn; Cantonese Yale: Meisiunin zi lyun, Japanese 美少年の恋; literally: Love Between Beautiful Youths), is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film about an ill-fated gay romance. It is directed by Yonfan and starred Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu and Shu Qi.
In 2011, the film was screened at the 16th Busan International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective of Yonfan's films, which featured seven of his restored and re-mastered films from the 1980s through 2000s.[1]
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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.
Jet's friend Ching, who is also a hustler, runs a personal in a gay magazine for Jet, imploring Sam to contact Jet.
At first, Jet is angry with 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.
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