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November 17, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Legend of the Mountain (1971)
AKA: Walking in the Mountain Director: King Hu; Producer: King Hu, Cheuk Hon Wong; Writer: King Hu Cast: Sylvia Chang, Hui Lou Chen, Wu Chia Hsiang, Shih Chun, Feng Hsu Running Time: 130 min ~~~ Plot: Hsu Feng stars in this fantasy adventure as Ho, a Sung Dynasty scholar who has left his town to …
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November 17, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Legend of Zu (2001)
director Tsui Hark Cast: Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Louis Koo Tin-Lok, Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi Almost exactly twenty years after Tsui Hark innaugurated the Hong Kong new wave with Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain, Hark gives us Zu’s first sequel. Of course,
June 7, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Nowhere to Hide (1999)
Directed by Lee Myung-sae Dissed by some, but in my opinion, a flawed masterpiece. Here is a director who has gone all-out to create something wholly original and purely visual, and the result is electrifying. It’s not so much the story — a simple
June 6, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Directed by Kim Sang-jun The basic story is four thugs with nothing better to do decide to rob a gas station only to find it has no money. They hatch a plot to pump gas and pocket the change and if the customers get uppity, they just take them hostage. You
June 6, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Beat (1997)
dir: Kim Sung-soo; writer: Huh Young-man Cast: Jung Woo-sung, Ko So-young, Lim Chang-jung, Yu Oh-seong ~~~~ From the first frame you know you’re in for a fast, exciting ride through teen angst, true love and heroic bloodshed. Min and Taesoo are best
June 5, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Peppermint Candy (2000)
Director: Chang-dong Lee Producer: Writer: Chang-dong Lee Cast: Kyung-gu Sol, Running Time: 130 Min Generally speaking, I go to movies to escape reality, not to confront it. Every once in a while, however, the Serious Art Film comes along that has critics
June 1, 2002 •
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Comments Off on Art Museum by the Zoo (1998)
dir: Lee Jeong-hyang Plot: On leave from military service, Chul-soo makes a beeline for his fianc?©e’s apartment for a little rest and recreation. When he finds she’s gone out, he lets himself in and settles down to wait, cleaning up her untidy
December 23, 2001 •
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Comments Off on Twelve Nights (2000)
Directors: Aubrey Lam Oi-Wah Producer: Peter Chan Ho-San Cast: Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi Eason Chan Yik-Shun Ronald Cheng Chung-Kei Candy Lo Hau-Yam with Nicola Cheung Sun-Yu, Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Stephen Fung Tak-Lun, Su Au Suk-Jing, G C Goo-Bi, Siu Ye Jim
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