Due West: Our Sex Journey is a 2012 Hong Kong 3-D erotic film directed and written by Mark Wu, starring Justin Cheung, Gregory Wong, Celia Kwok, Jeana Ho, and Daniella Wang. It is based on the erotic novel entitled Dongguan Wood, first published as a series of online stories by pseudonymous author Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki. The film premiered in Hong Kong on 20 September 2012.
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Background
The film is based on a work of online literature, Woods in Dongguan. Westward Marukami Haruki first released the web novel in 2010 on HKGolden Forum. Kind of Culture Publications released it as a print book. It was adapted to Due West: Our Sex Journey in 2012.
Plot
It tells the story of a pleasure-seeking trip by a young, middle class, Hong Kong man.
Cast
Justin Cheung as Frankie
Gregory Wong as Wong Jing, Frankie's best friend
Mark Wu as James, Frankie's university roommate
Celia Kwok as Zeta, an airline stewardess, Frankie's girlfriend where he got to know her in a restaurant.
Jeana Ho as Fish (Xiaoyu), a sexy girl in a nightclub.
Aliza Mo as Zoey, Frankie's high school classmate whom he has a slight crush on
Angelina Cheung as Margaret, Frankie's girlfriend when he studied in the United Kingdom.
Daniella Wang as Celia (Xiaosi), a sex worker in a Dongguan hotel, Frankie had sex with her.
Wylien Chiu as Susan
Tin Kai-man as Du wen
Tony Ho as Father of Frankie
Ng Lai-chu as Mother of Frankie
Eva Li as Juliet
Polly Leung as Manager Jackie
Jessica Kizaki as AV Girl
Release
The film was released on 20 September 2012 in Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. In an unusual distribution decision, some "women-only" exhibitions were scheduled in Hong Kong.
A sequel Due West 2: Our Sex Vacation was announced on 1 January 2014. No further news from 2014 until 2023, when the company announced that the movie will be produced in April 2024, starring by Yua Mikami, Yui Hatano, Minami Aizawa, and Erena So. It will be filmed in Japan.
Reception
Variety's Richard Kuipers called the film "a reasonably amusing 'American Pie'-like account of a randy Hong Kong teenager’s sexual awakening [that] . . . gradually becomes flaccid as its protag enters adulthood". Derek Elley of Film Business Asia thought the film was better directed than Wu's previous efforts and "well-staged", with "lots of t&a, lots of harmless softcore sex, and lots of juvenile Cantonese comedy".
In 2012, the movie grossed more than HKD19.25 million.
