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Wu Yen (2001)

March 27, 2003 • Film, hong kong, ReviewsComments Off on Wu Yen (2001)

Director: Johnnie To Kei-Fung Script: Wai Kai-Fai,Yau Nai-Hoi, Ben Wong King-Fai Producer: Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Wai Kai-Fai Cast: Anita Mui Yim-Fong (Emperor Qi / Ancestor Huan), Sammi Cheng Sau-Man (Wu Yen), Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi (Fairy Enchantress / Yinchun), Raymond Wong Ho-Yin, Lam Suet Cantonese: Chung Miu Yim Mandarin: Zhong1 Wu2 Yan4 Literally: No

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Big Boss (1971)

March 24, 2003 • Film, hong kongComments Off on Big Boss (1971)

director Lo Wei Bruce Lee’s first starring role is in this picture. He plays a Chinese laborer who arrives in Thailand to work with other family members and friends in an ice plant. The Big Boss of the ice company is a drug smuggler (and the actor is

World’s interest in Korean films

March 23, 2003 • FilmComments Off on World’s interest in Korean films

When the international sales and marketing team at KangJeGyu Films set up booths at the American Film Market in Los Angeles last month, it hoped to attract buyers for its film “Over the Rainbow” and some investment for new project, “Tae Kuk

Metade Fumaca (1999)

March 16, 2003 • Film, hong kongComments Off on Metade Fumaca (1999)

Country: Hong Kong Director: Riley Yip Kam-Hung Producer: John Chong Ching, Solon So Chi-Hung, Claudie Chung Chun Cast: Nicholas Tse (Ting Fung), Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Shu Qi (Hsu Chi, Shu Kei), Jo Kuk Cho-Lam, Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu, Michael Chan, Stephen Fung, Sam

Chungking Express (1996)

March 6, 2003 • Film, hong kongComments Off on Chungking Express (1996)

director Wong Kar Wai Color 102 min This film was perhaps the most defining picture of Wong Kar Wai’s career. As filming dragged on for Ashes of Time, the actors and filmmakers found themselves shacked up in Kowloon for almost a year, while filming went

Chusingura (1963)

February 20, 2003 • Film, japan, ReviewsComments Off on Chusingura (1963)

director Hiroshi Inagaki Color 207 min Hiroshi Inagaki has a curious and original directorial style. He takes fascinating stories, with dark premises, and bathes them in light (this film is so awash in bright color that there is practically no shadow). Then

As Tears Go By (1997)

February 11, 2003 • Film, hong kongComments Off on As Tears Go By (1997)

director Wong Kar Wai Essentially a variation on the good old Mean Streets formula film, Wong Kar Wai’s directorial debut features a couple of great things amidst a rather predictable plot line. It has one of Andy Lau’s best performances ever in

Boys are Easy (1993)

January 29, 2003 • Film, hong kongComments Off on Boys are Easy (1993)

director Wong Jing Color 86 min Indeed they are! But girls, as this film would have us believe, are much harder. The story gives us Richard Ng as the father of three very independent, headstrong, aggressive daughters. Ng is proud of his daughters, but he is