In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. Read More »
Tag Archives: Cantonese
Women (1985) Stanley Kwan, Cora Miao, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung
Unfortunate Bao-er decides to divorce her husband Derek after she discovers he is having an affair. Read More »
Yan zhi kou / Rouge (1987) Stanley Kwan, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Alex Man
Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong’s “flower houses” – bordellos and night clubs of the 1930’s. Read More »
The Iceman Cometh / Ji dong qi xia (1989) Clarence Yiu-leung Fok, Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen
A frozen Ming Dynasty royal guard and the equally frigid rapist-killer he’s tracking are thawed out in modern-day Hong Kong. Read More »
The Stunt Woman / A Jin de gu shi (1996) Ann Hui, Michelle Yeoh, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ken Lo
A study of the career of Ah Kam, the plot is divided into three sub-plots. Read More »
Rain Dogs / Tai yang yue (2006) Yuhang Ho, Choon Wai Kuan, Yasmin Ahmad, Jonathan Wing Hong Cheung
At nineteen, raised by his single mother and with a brother working for a bookie in Kuala Lumpur Read More »
Working Class / Da gung wong dai (1985) Hark Tsui, Samuel Hui, Teddy Robin Kwan
A factory worker falls in love unknowingly with his boss’s daughter. Read More »
He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Father / Xin nan xiong nan di (1993) Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Yuen
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Read More »
For Bad Boys Only (2000) Wai-Man Yip, Ekin Cheng, Louis Koo, Shu Qi
Badboy is a HK detective agency. They specialize in finding wealthy clients’ first love Read More »
Looking for Mister Perfect / Kei fung dik sau (2003)
A policewoman has always had the worst luck in love. Read More »