Three sisters live alone in a small village family house in the high mountains of the Yunan region. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hong Kong
Full Alert AKA Go do gaai bei (1997) Ringo Lam, Ching Wan Lau, Francis Ng, Amanda Lee
Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested Read More »
The Kingdom and the Beauty AKA Jiang shan mei ren (1959) Han Hsiang Li, Dai Lin, Lei Zhao, King Hu
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. Read More »
A Better Tomorrow AKA Ying hung boon sik (1986) John Woo, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow
This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter Read More »
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons AKA Xi you: Xiang mo pian (2013) Stephen Chow, Chi-Kin Kwok, Zhang Wen, Qi Shu, Bo Huang
Tang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. Read More »
The Blue Kite AKA Lan feng zheng (1993) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen
On Dry Well Lane in Beijing in 1953, Chen Shujuan and Lin Shaolong marry. Read More »
The Singing Killer AKA Xiao sha xing (1970) Cheh Chang, David Chiang, Ping Wang, Tina Chin-Fei
David Chiang plays Johnny, a reformed criminal turned pop headliner at a hip club in Hong Kong. Read More »
Quan ji AKA Duel of Fists (1971) Cheh Chang, David Chiang, Lung Ti, Li Ching
Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers Read More »
The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai, Shichang Da, Jie Deng
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. Read More »
I Come with the Rain (2009) Tran Anh Hung, Josh Hartnett, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Byung-hun Lee
Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao, the missing son of a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss. Read More »
The Fatal Flying Guillotine (1977) Raymond Lui, Carter Wong, Sing Chen, Shao-Peng Chen
Those rascally Shaolin monks are at it again, and this time they’re tracking down some vitriolic villains who have heisted a sacred book. Read More »
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998) Joan Chen, Xiaolu Li, Lopsang, Zheng Qian
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 Read More »
Twelve Nights (2000) Oi Wah Lam, Cecilia Cheung, Eason Chan, Shuk-Ching Au
This movie goes through 12 significant nights (not consecutive nights) in a relationship between two characters. Read More »
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Hark Tsui, Siu-Ming Lau, Michelle Yim, Shu Tong Wong
A journalist attempting to solve a mystery in “Martial World” enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. Read More »
The Secret (1979) Ann Hui, Sylvia Chang, Angie Chiu, Norman Chu
A real murder case which was complicated by the minage ‘ trois relationship of the victim and the main suspects. Read More »