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The Postmodern Life of My Aunt / Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo (2006) Ann Hui, Wenshuo Guan, Yun-Fat Chow, Gaowa Siqin
Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa), a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai. Read More »
A Better Tomorrow III AKA Ying hung boon sik III: Zik yeung ji gor (1989) Hark Tsui, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui
At the end of the Vietnam war, Cheung goes to Saigon, intent on bringing his uncle and cousin back to Hong Kong. Read More »
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon AKA Gat seng gung ziu (1990) Johnnie To, Yun-Fat Chow, Sylvia Chang, Nina Li Chi
Remake of Eddie Murphy’s “Coming To America”. Bo is HK’s richest man, and everyone fawns over him, nicknaming him Tycoon. Read More »
A Better Tomorrow AKA Ying hung boon sik (1986) John Woo, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow
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Spiritual Love (1987) David Lai, Taylor Wong, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung, Deannie Ip, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
A small-time triad member, played by Chow Yun-Fat, discovers a letter from an antique desk written by a young girl, played by Cherie Chung, who died from an illness years before. Read More »
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Wo hu cang long (2000) Ang Lee, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Action, Drama, Romance
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man’s world. Read More »
Yu Ta-fu chuan ji / Cherry Blossoms (1988) Eddie Ling-Ching Fong, Yat Sun Chan, Yun-Fat Chow, Tat Wah Fok, Drama, Romance
In 1913, Yu Dafu goes from China to Japan to study. At that time, Japan is the nascent superpower of East Asia, while China, the “sick man of Asia”, is in turmoil. Dafu is forced to confront the formidable combination of challenging schoolwork, foreign culture, and a racist populace during his time in Japan, and, along the way, struggles with becoming a man, emotionally and sexually. Towards the beginning of the film, he meets, while bathing nude in a hot spring, Lung-erh, and falls in love instantly. Although Yu Dafu is unable to locate her after their brief encounter, he eventually runs into her again after having taken up his studies in Nagoya.
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