Due West: Our Sex Journey

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.^[1][2] 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.^[3] The film premiered in Hong Kong on 20 September 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Due West: Our Sex Journey
Traditional Chinese	一路向西
Simplified Chinese	一路向西
Hanyu Pinyin	Yīlù Xiàngxī
Directed by	Mark Wu
Written by	Mark Wu Fung Lam
Based on	Dongguan Wood
Produced by	Christopher Sun
Starring	Justin Cheung Gregory Wong Celia Kwok Jeana Ho Daniella Wang
Production companies	ArtisteFilm Company China 3D Digital Distribution
Distributed by	China 3D Digital Distribution
Release date	20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin
Box office	HKD 18.82 million

Plot

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 made love 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 [ja], and Erena So. It will be filmed in Japan.^[4]

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".^[5] 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".^[3]