Call it the opposite of The Forbidden City. Hong Kong is due to begin screening a 3D soft-porn film, Sex and Zen Extreme Ecstasy , a $3-million feature in Cantonese that is almost certain to be censored on the mainland -- if it is shown there at all. As described in Britain's Guardian newspaper today (Thursday), the film "follows a young man as he befriends a duke and enters a world of royal orgies and other sexual peccadilloes." The newspaper quoted writer/producer Stephen Shiu as saying that the film includes some "very graphic sex scenes" and that the 3D photography "will leave audiences feeling like they are sitting right there at The Edge of the bed." The Guardian also cited reports that mainland tour groups are being formed to shuttle audiences to Hong Kong to see it.

07/04/2011