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The story in "Snake Charmer" is about some mystery murders that take place in Hong Kong where the victims are found poisoned by a very rare and deadly toxin. A single woman (played by Marsha Yuen), who works as a night club called Club Medusa, is tied to the murders, as she is the last to be seen with the victims in every single case. Inspector Chi-Wai Man (played by Jackie Lui Chung-yin) is assigned to the case and is working on a tight deadline to crack the case.
To the group of homeless people living under a bridge in Sham Shui Po, daily life involves coping with strange stares cast by passersby and dodging the frequent raids by the government. Fortunately, a group of volunteers led by a local pastor show them there are still some who care and are willing to lend a helping hand.
Hong Kong movie
Hong Kong movie
Impoverished scholar Leung (Yam Kim-fai) became a widower and his in-laws give him 30 taels of silver to find a new wife. He gives the money away to help an old man, a kindness witnessed by the young woman To (Fong Yim-fun), who is impressed and smitten. Needing to introduce his ‘new wife' to the in-laws, Leung seeks help from his cousin (Tam Sin-hung), whose husband Wong (Poon Yat On) had just bought To as maid, lusting after her. The cousin loans the maid to pose as Leung's wife but the jealous Wong poses as their servant to keep watch, creating hilarious havoc that fails to hinder the love developing between the scholar and the maid.
A Shaw and Sons production.
Jugaad is a Hindi word that can be translated as "innovative or effective solution that bends the rules". It refers to the extreme capacity developed by Mumbai's inhabitants to adapt and get around any type of constraint or obstacle posed by the city's urban structure. In a relatively small piece of land where 21 million people live today, the inhabitants of Mumbai demonstrate great creativity when it comes to managing the spaces (for sale, for prayer, for traffic) and the flows that cross them every day. Without using language, Hong Kong artist Chak Hin Leung brings together in this video a dozen unique situations in which people, animals, vehicles and natural elements intermingle and brush up against each other, without ever colliding.
The mysterious deaths of men linked to a charming singer unleash the resentment of her suitors.
In their third animated adventure, Old Master Q meets an extraterrestrial at a theme park.
Talking about her documentary, she first talked about “Mommy, Mama and Us” and said that she was a pair of lesbians in Hong Kong who insisted on the possibility of same-sex marriage and family and hoped to tell other people through their own stories. People, sex proceeds unimpeded. “It was a pair of lovers who had a lot of questions when you saw them. Their stories had many complexities, but at the same time, they also showed that they all came along with firm love and courage.” She laughed and remembered the pair. Same-sex mothers are holding cute sticky sons and kiss each other's foreheads, gently grinding the love and encounter of two generations.
Hong Kong comedy film.
Fong Ka-Man, has been leading a middle class lifestyle. One day, during a heavy rain in the dusk, bearing the fear of illness, she is unwillingly staying away from the rain inside the tunnel. She first encounters a weird tramp, and then a young farmer who is rushing to deliver his harvest. It’s about how the “normal” passes by the “abnormal”. What makes them “normal” and “abnormal” seems to be realistic, but maybe it is just a void. Fong Ka-Man is anxious to find an exit from the difficult circumstance, but accidentally she finds out that what she yearns for is the disappeared end of this city.
Poetry on Film is a moving image commissioning project for young and emerging Hong Kong filmmakers, motivated by the belief that poetry possesses an inherent cinematic quality. Its rhythmic cadence, vivid imagery, and emotional depth offer a rich tapestry for filmmakers to weave their visual narratives. Animator STEP C., narrative filmmaker Chu Hoi Ying, analogue film artist Jolene Mok, and documentarian Lee Wai Shing were asked to choose a contemporary Chinese-language poem written by a local writer, then visualise it using their personal cinematic language. The resulting shorts showcase the diversity of Hong Kong moving image practice, with unique approaches to medium, storytelling, cinematography, and sound.
"This is considered one of the earliest pure gangster films in local cinema. It’s a fascinating plot about a boy raised by a triad kingpin in the 1930s. When the godfather dies, the young Xiang is given power over the gang and the master’s household. Trying to be faithful to the old man’s principles, Xiang finds himself unable to control his master’s widow and daughter, who are led astray by the widow’s worldly, greedy sister. At the same time, Xiang must ally with other triads to smuggle aid to the forces fighting the invading Japanese. He is torn between devotion to tradition and the need to adapt to modern materialism and the impending world war." (From David Borwdell's blog: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2014/04/15/genre-%E2%89%A0-generic/)
In a small town in the mainland, there was a tough boy, Xiaohu. He came back to find Asen, a best friend who was favored with him many years ago. Xiaohu found Asen's residence, but met a group of thongers to find a provocation, but he was driven away by Xiaohu, who had a lot of kung fu.
The blind Yip Man-chiu was abandoned at birth. Following the death of his foster parents, the boy is sold by his uncle Ah Sam to a blind Taoist priest, an abusive man. Running away from home, Yip is hit by a car and sent to a school for the blind by the social security workers. His talents impress the musician Siu Kwong and wins him a place in a music school for the blind. There he is joined by fellow students Lung Kwok-kei, a runaway child with an abusive stepmother, Chow Kuen, an abandoned child found on a train, and Cheung Kin-ching, an avid music lover sent to the school by her loving well-to-do father. The four children blossom into accomplished musicians under the tutelage of Siu and his wife and together with the less fortunate others, form an orchestra which earns a reputation for excellence.
A Shaw Brothers production
Further adventures of Lady Black Cat.
A gem in every sense of the word, Our Dream car features popular idols Ge Lan (Grace Chang) and Chang Yang as a couple of newlyweds who struggle hard to acquire the latest symbol of middle class affluence: a motor car, but only find themselves in alienating situations. Yi Wen's script is full of lively and humorous details, his direction affectionate, while the young stars are charming. The film also paints a picture of a bourgeois lifestyle that was yet to occur in the ex-colony. It has also been aptly compared to the genre of hollywood "bedroom" comedy made famous by Rock Hudson and Doris Day in the 1950s.
Hong Kong ghost film.
A marriage for sale leads to the murder and attempted destruction of the body of a great young man for the sake of his lover.
Loosely based on Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths
Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has created the eponymous hand-made collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and finally the simple life of increasingly out-of-work tailors in small town Fengdang.
Hong Kong movie
Xu Ning meets secret agents Bai Ping and Mei Haozi and falls in love with Ping. Bai Ping becomes involved in a plot to steal confidential documents and faces subsequent danger...
The first episode of the Hong Kong reclaimed “Social Worker” series (1976)
Top class swordplay action from Taiwan, where umbrellas are used as swords.
Shaw legend Tony Liu Yung is the swashbuckling swordsman who takes on all odds. The Jade Hairpin is the only clue in a series of crimes that are carried out by the opera gang, a band of masked men of a poisonous family. Its weapon is a cunning plan of guts vs. skill and brains vs. survival in this epic!
Ivy Ling Po was at the height of her fame in traditional Huangmei Opera films -- and chiefly as a male impersonator -- when she radically changed her image, taking on an ultra-contemporary semi-musical role in Song Of Tomorrow. Ivy plays a dance hostess and leading man Chiao Chuang is a jazz drummer, but with a difference. Chiao is a heroin addict, and Ivy learns that heroin is a far more lethal adversary than "the other woman" when trying to keep their marriage intact.
Kristina, a beautiful young lady who sells fresh fruits at her province, only wants a simple life. And her father, Ronaldo, manages a large hectre of Mango farm. Every weekend, Her ambitious father wants Kristina to go to the nearest beach resort and to try to sell fresh fruits. He hopes that someday she would find a wealthy man who would take them away from hardship. When finally, Louie and his friends came to the beach resort and met Kristina. Unfortunately, Kristina is in love with someone else... Who will Kristina love? And will her father hope in life come true?
From a rat infestation in the slums, a fast-spreading virus grips Hong Kong, inducing panic when the government is slow to react. Inspired by Albert Camus’s The Plague.
One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.
A story of father and son, and a stray dog. Baseball kid Lam doesn’t get along with his father after his mom’s passing. He meets a stray dog named Tomato one day when he is practicing on the street. He takes the dog home and it soon becomes the connection between him and his estranged father. A traffic accident, however, takes Lam’s life. His father immerses himself into mourning for the loss of all beloved ones. With the help of the staff in heaven, Lam finally realizes how much his father loves him, and is given a final chance to show his love.
Filmmakers love making films about filmmaking, but not many of those films can truly explain where the passion comes from. Who are more qualified to answer this question than the new Master of Fine Arts graduates from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts’ School of Film and Television? In their graduation thesis, award-winning director Man is sentenced to community service for drunken behavior. Assigned to a youth center, Man has to guide a group of eight-to-twelve-year-olds to make a short film. At first, Man feels he’s too good for such an assignment. However, the kids’ enthusiasm and unique perspective of life eventually inspire him to rediscover why he loved filmmaking in the first place.
An investigative team that wants to foil the evil plans of a group of criminals.
Heavenly Tiger Security Escort owner Lui Tang-hung has received a suspicious gilded box addressed to 'Golden Whip Knight' Hon Shun. Giving chase to the deliverer, his son Lui Lun is abducted by the Twin Messengers of Ghost Palace. Their son believed dead, Tang-hung and wife One Madam of Western Gate undertake their assignment to deliver 'The Martial World Treasure' with a heavy heart.
People wear vivid colours to express political stances in the demonstrations in Hong Kong and Taiwan. This digital video artwork explores how colour, particularly skin tone, is ideologically constructed in media and design. Through sampling, glitches, and critical overlays, the work questions the perceived neutrality of colour standards and highlights how visual systems encode racial and cultural biases. Blending theory with experimental aesthetics, it invites viewers to rethink how identity and power operate through the language of colour.
A computer disk that prints counterfeit money has been stolen and is up for sale to the highest bidder. A crack team of detectives led by Ben, Carrie, and Kurt sets out to intercept the disk and use it as bait to force shady businessman and under-world godfather Gilman to show his hand.
Six guitar playing, rock and roll singing and dancing young people on a boating trip are stranded on a rural island off of Hong Kong during a typhoon. They become suspicious of a woman who matches the radio bulletin description of a murderess who killed twelve men. Can she be trusted? Is she laying a trap for a local youth housesitting a mansion?
Hong Kong movie
"Shocking Asia 3" isn't too outrageous considering its subject matter. This shockumentary is set mostly in Japan
A Strange Tale of the Strange People
Hong Kong movie
ATM is a Hong Kong Comedy-Drama starring Stanley Fung.
A woman is born with the power to control snakes. She uses these powers to seek revenge on the villagers who killed her parents along with the help of a local gang.
Ho Ko-chun suffers from ‘Small Penis Syndrome’. As an adolescent high school student, Ko-chun often feels miserable about his penis size. Only until he meets the cheerful Lok Tsz-kwan, he can finally be energized and uplifted. Tsz-kwan reveals to Ko-chun that he, like Ko-chun, doesn’t have normal penis size. They soon build a perfect bond of friendship. They call themselves as the 'little birdmen'. Unfortunately, it doesn't last long. Tsz-kwan has to leave Hong Kong for his study while Ko-chun stays. After many years, they meet again and they never forget each other. Yet, Tsz-kwan even persuades Ko-chun to become a male prostitute with him...Career could have changed but their friendship remains the same.
Kwok Sau-yuk fails to ward off the advances of Scholar Four Poisons while mourning the murder of her husband. Master Chung comes to help and asks Kwok's son Chan Lam to look for his daughter Siu-chui before dying. Hurled into the Blood Pool, Chan chances on Ng Yau-nin, a victim of the intrigue hatched by his wife Ho Yim-wah and her lover Oh Yu-kan. Ng bequeaths to Chan a sword, and the Book of Blood Devil Moves unearthed from the cave and entrusts his daughter Yu-ying to his care. Having mastered the art, Chan emerges from the abyssal waters and becomes the 'Little God of Hades.' He is soon kept under lock and key by Oh who wants the Book of the Yellow Emperor. Treating Chan with a antidote, Yu-ying escapes with Chan after learning his father’s intrigue, only to be hit by a pang of loss and agony upon Chan's reunion with senior master Lee Kei and Siu-chui, his betrothed fiancee. Instigated by Oh, Chan finds himself confronting members of the seven leading martial sects…
Hong Kong movie
The story of demonic possession by black magic where the loyal and faithful taxi driver and husband Alan Chang is dragged into a pit of adultery and despair in his vain attempt to overthrow the bestial influences of 'brutal sorcery' or should I say black magic. He picks up a pair of ghostly lovers separated and forced to travel from two cemeteries to meet up. The ghosts put a curse on the taxi driver. He has to get their remains to the female ghost's sister living in Thailand.After the brief affair with the woman she puts another curse on Alan
A female extra-terrestrial (Chen Chen) appears on earth - in Hong Kong - to warn humankind of an impending catastrophe, but is arrested and institutionalised. She becomes trapped in a media circus, paraded as a freak. Exhausted and exasperated, the girl vanishes; a UFO is seen disappearing into the night sky.
