The lute demon Chin Mo has reappeared in the world to wreck havoc. Hsiao Feng-ling is ordered to find a special bow and arrow that can counter the demon. Read More »
Tag Archives: Cantonese
Mary From Beijing (1992) Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon, Kenny Bee, Cynthia Cheung
Ma Lei which sounds like “Mary” is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
Angel Hunter (1992) Chung Sun, Vivian Chow, Ching Wan Lau, Man-Tat Ng
A detective investigating a student’s suicide discovers it is connected to a secret Satanic cult. Read More »
Portland Street Blues (1998) Wai Man Yip, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Kristy Yang, Alex Fong
Following Sister Thirteen, from her teenage years, her bisexual love life Read More »
The Christ of Nanjing (1995) Tony Au, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Yasuko Tomita, Shinobu Chihara
Tony Leung stars as Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China and has been sick ever since his return home. Read More »
Beyond Our Ken (2004) Ho-Cheung Pang, Gillian Chung, Daniel Wu, Höng Tao
Shirley (Tao Hong) is a karaoke waitress who leads a perfectly normal love life with her fireman boyfriend Ken (Daniel Wu). Read More »
Forbidden Love (1993) Yee-Hung Lam, Kin-Yat Chan, Yuk Kiu Cheung, Wai Kei Foo
A young female reporter is hot on the tail of a phony film producer who has been seducing innocent women. Read More »
School on Fire (1988) Ringo Lam, Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau
A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight. Read More »
Don’t Play with Fire (1980) Hark Tsui, Lieh Lo, Chen Chi Lin, Albert Au
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Read More »
The Way We Are (2008) Ann Hui, Hee Ching Paw, Chun-lung Leung, Cheuk Man Au
“The Way We Are” tells the story of a hardworking, widowed, single mother (Mrs. Cheung) Read More »
Just Like Weather (1986) Allen Fong, Jiaju Cai, Hung-Nin Chan, Chi-Hung Chang
Fong’s third feature charts the ups and downs of a young, working-class couple in and out of work in Hong Kong Read More »
The Blade (1995) Hark Tsui, Wenzhuo Zhao, Xin Xin Xiong, Sonny Su
After the master of the Sharp Manufacturer saber factory abdicates and appoints On, his least popular worker Read More »
Summer Snow (1995) Ann Hui, Josephine Siao, Kar-Ying Law, Allen Ting
The Suns are a typical Hong Kong family: May, forty something, works for a trading company Read More »
Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) Hark Tsui, Wenzhuo Zhao, Rosamund Kwan, Siu Chung Mok
Brand new epic adventure set during a tumultuous time in China, when left without a leader, the cavalry is attacked by the powerful allies and pirate bands. Read More »