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Tag Archives: Cantonese
Breaking News (2004) Johnnie To, Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung
When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion Read More »
Where a Good Man Goes (1999) Johnnie To, Ching Wan Lau, Ruby Wong, Yiu-Cheung Lai
A former triad boss is just released from a Macau prison and ends up in a small inn runs by a simple and honest widow. Read More »
Vengeance (2009) Johnnie To, Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Simon Yam
In Macau, a family is attacked by three killers and only the wife survives severely wounded. Read More »
Throw Down (2004) Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying
A former judo champion quits the tournament cirucit and runs a nightclub. Read More »
The Mission (1999) Johnnie To, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis Read More »
Gong Tau: An Oriental Black Magic (2007) Herman Yau, Mark Cheng, Maggie Siu, Suet Lam
Bearing the same Chinese-language title as the 1975 Shaw Brothers shocker Black Magic Read More »
Demon of the Lute (1983) Tak-Cheung Tang, Kuang-Hung Chi, Ping-Ying Hou, Kara Wai
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 »
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 »