Discoveries from Hong Kong SAR China World Cinema

Depicting Ka-ho Hung’s story and growth since his debut in 2018.

Tin On moves from Hong Kong to Taiwan suddenly in January 2020. She finds out the light in the apartment seems to be broken. The landlord asks her neighbor, Yi Ming, to fix it. Tin On seems far away from her reality. Yi Ming gets closer to her to uncover the mystery of her presence.

An American and the owners of a dance studio face off against a druglord who has his sights on the property to further his opium trafficking enterprise. Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1982 Taiwanese Film "心愛的人 " (Spoony Love) with new scenes.

Eight Murderers

Han Xiangying temporarily resides at her classmate Fan Daini's resplendent mansion. Mrs Fan eggs her on to attend a party at which she is raped by a rich businessman. It turns out that Mrs Fan is in fact a procuress exerting control over her three daughters of the ruined family. Han manages to escape the clutches of Mrs Fan with the assistance of the honest young man Gong Liqun.

An animated tale featuring Bruce Lee and classic Chinese myths and folklore.

The script is composed of three stories set in three different time periods and three different locations. One story takes place during an ascent of the Himalayas, another on a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, while the third happens on an ocean-going fishing trip. The motivation/objective in every story is a quest, and hiding underneath under every motivation is the deepest level of human nature.

A rural singsong film.

Two girls from two different worlds - they meet in the underground and try to heal their wounds, both physically and mentally, via their fantasies towards one another.

As the wealthy Ha Mung Shan nears death, he asks his son, Chung Ping, to marry his fiancée, Ng Yuk Keng. However, Yuk Keng loves Chung Ping’s brother, Bo Ming. To avoid upsetting his father, Chung Ping pretends that a singer, Su Qiu, is Yuk Keng and brings her home. Meanwhile, Yuk Keng’s aunt, Xing Hong, covets her father’s inheritance and attempts to kill Su Qiu, framing Chung Ping. Su Qiu survives, cared for by the Fu family. Later, Xing Hong kills Yuk Keng to live with Bo Ming, but he refuses. Taking the inheritance, Xing Hong stays with the Fu family and regrets her actions. Ha Mung Shan then arranges a new marriage for Chung Ping. Su Qiu, seeking revenge, disguises herself as a ghost on the wedding night, exposing the truth. Bo Ming confronts Chung Ping, and Xing Hong confesses her guilt. Mung Shan realizes Bo Ming is his son, and Chung Ping reunites with Su Qiu, leading to a happy ending.

A man returns to his hometown in northeast China and meets a restaurateur of the same age. They discover a deep connection with each other through the conversation. In the 1990s, some teenagers are about to get into a fight until the two run off in different directions. The relationship between social progress and personal life under the special tide gradually emerges in an ordinary dialogue.

A lethal assassin roams ancient China's badlands, having sold her soul for swordsmanship. The devil offers her a chance to escape hell if she kills seven foes before the full moon wanes.

Continuing her career-spanning contemplation of home and reunion, Tsang Tsui-shan (Flowing Stories, 38th) once again turns the camera on her home village of Ho Chung. This time, she documents her village’s Tai Ping Ching Chiu Festival, a once-in-a-decade event that brings villagers back from all over the world to the village. But when the world is hit by a global pandemic, what will happen to this long-awaited reunion? Made amidst great change in Hong Kong and her own life, Tsang’s latest love letter to her home is a melancholic and wistful affair.

Ching Kwok-yuen, a bird hunter, sees a female ghost harming people and shoots her to scare her away. The female ghost harbors a grudge and waits for a chance to retaliate, but soon the female ghost disguises herself as a woman who sacrifices her husband in front of a grave in order to seduce Kwok-yuen, who falls for the plan and marries the female ghost.

The documentary offers a glimpse into the life of a farmer who worked in the fields with his father when he was young. After spending time in the city as an adult, he returns to the countryside to take over the family’s business and learns the essence of making a living from the land.

An invading force are out to seize the secrets of pottery from a community, and murders anyone standing in their way to get them. Two siblings are taught martial arts so that they can eventually fight back against the lord and stop his tyranny.

Cheng Hou's campy kung fu adventure stars martial arts expert Ling feng Shangguan as a a sheriff's daughter who goes undercover as a man, seeking to clear her father's name after he's framed by a gang of salt bandits. Karate master Yasuaki Kurata shines as Chang Piao, the gang's deliciously ruthless leader, who proves a formidable opponent for Shangguan's vengeful daughter. Kang Chin and Jackie Chen also star in this 1974 classic.

A Chinese musical

On one auspicious full moon night, she receives an anonymous call from Taiwan. It pulls her from a quiet mid-autumn night into the sea of memories. A mix of sweat and tears, and a hint of saltiness, what a taste of summer... Miles apart, they gaze at the same moon while yearning for their homeland.

A Chinese screen opera

"For the evil forces of THE BLACK NINJA EMPIRE there is no law of justice only corruption. A saviour, "THE PRINCE OF JUSTICE", is born to save and protect mankind from this wickedness and his chosen protector is the fearless Golden Ninja. The Empire in its quest to find the 'Prince', brutalize and murder innocent victims, before the Golden Ninja is confronted." - VHS Back of the box description Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1981 Taiwanese Film "賭命一條龍" (The Daredevil/Desperado) with new ninja scenes.

A documentary that offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the life of the iconic Taiwanese and Hong Kong actress. It provides fans with a candid, unscripted view of her personal life at a pivotal moment in her legendary three-decade career.

Music is the common language that draws people together. Johann Bach’s Goldberg Variations brings the two lonely and unrelated people in the film - an inconspicuous mid-aged man Joe and a once popular actress Shu closer. A subtle and occasional encounter takes place in the remote country side where Joe is the night shift storekeeper and Shu goes to the area for shooting. When Joe plays this particular work of Bach, Shu is touched and shares with him her miserable life experiences. He feels that there is a bonding between them until he attempts to explore more into this illusive “relationship”.

For years single parent Mei Chun has been raising her mentally handicapped son Ray on her own. She is used to the challenges as an around-the-clock caregiver of the grown-up son. While her patience may wear thin at times, she remains tender and has formed a strong and unique bond with Ray. When a sudden sickness strikes, however, Mei Chun is burdened with a difficult decision. The night falls, but will dawn come?

During 2020, when the pandemic policy loosened, a violinist went back to hometown in mainland China to meet his parents and his friends. A sudden accident happened, everything changed, and a ceremony is no longer a "ceremony".

With over seven decades of history, Chi Kee Sawmill has lived through multiple transformations by Hong Kong’s timber industry, including the economic boom in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as its radical shift to processing and recycling used timber. However, when the sawmill faces compulsory eviction by the government for its Northern Metropolis development project, the survival of this successful family-owned business becomes a modern David- versus-Goliath story. The latest documentary by photojournalist- turned-filmmaker Elyse Hon is a wistful look at the unstoppable machine of urban development and an old-school business unable to withstand the flow of time

A Cantonese drama shot in HK in the 1930s.

A ninja hero stealthily sets out to get revenge upon the mobsters who murdered his brother.

On stage, senior Cantonese opera singer Sam Chan is bright and well-received. Yet at backstage, how could she deal with her fear and difficulties and a complaint against her regarding National Security Law in Hong Kong?

Tour bus driver Ching Pang Wen (Fang Ying) and tourist/student Annie Yeh (Lily Lo) sing and romance their way through Singapore.

Hong Kong horror movie from 1947.

The Opera Boat at Star Island 星 島 紅 船 (Xingdao hongchuan) (1955) aka The Opera Boat in Singapore is a Hong Kong film in the Cantonese language of the comedy and musical genre, directed by Ku Wen-Chung and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio.

In autumn 2019, at the peak of the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement, Yung and Yin meet on the streets. After the arrest of Yung, Yin finds herself in the awkward situation of visiting Yung’s home for the first time. Meeting the parents, Yin has to skip the usual polite chatter and put away Yung’s items before the court warrant arrives. In this austere and awkward first meeting, they talk about the absent son. The long night drags on as the shocked and worried parents are overwhelmed by the opposing political views, by relationships torn and healed, by their hopes and regrets. When dawn comes, what will become of Yung?

Escaping a maximum-security political prison was the easy part for resistance leader Larry Rourke, unaware that the ruthless warden engineered the breakout to track him straight to the rebels' secret headquarters. Now, allied with a mysterious, unpredictable cult, Rourke is forced into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse against an entire army. Can he outmaneuver the regime before leading them directly to the destruction of the underground resistance?

When Lok's estranged father passed away, he left nothing but an ice cream motorcycle. Lok doesn't know how to ride one, so he has no way but to walk alongside it. During his trip, not only does Lok get to know more about his father, but it also leads him to reflect on his relationship with his son.

HK horror crime.

shaw production

Borrowing its title from a campaign raising awareness for the use of forced child labor in football stitching in Sialkot, Pakistan during mid-to-late 1990s, Toe Yuen's short is a social statement protesting the exploitation imposed by sports brands.

Filmed around March 1938, under the auspices of the China Wartime Film Research Association, but not publicly screened until 1941. Photographs of the Long March are very rare, as are those of its endpoint in Yan'An, the communist base of Northwest China in Shanxi province. Mao ZeDong may be seen along with other Chinese Communist leaders, including Liu Shao Qi, Ding Ling, Luo Rui Jing, and Kang Sheng.

Wong Chi Wa’s uncle, Lee Ho Sang, was 20 years old when he disappeared one night without a trace during the Hungry Ghost Festival. Rumours about the incident have spread swiftly around the neighbourhood. Fifteen years later, without explanation about his disapearance, Lee suddenly showed up. Like a ghost tale, the story would be retold every year…

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Luna, a high school student, committed suicide. Her classmate, Sam, finds her death suspicious. Thus he tries getting in touch with her older sister, Solana, for more hints. One night, Sam finds Solana at the convenience store. Meanwhile a fight between gangsters happens. In the middle of the fight, a pistol dropped onto the ground. Solana picks up the gun instinctively. Sam helps Solana escape from the chaos. Two of them become partners immediately, and embark on a journey of truth - seeking. With a gun, they are determined to denounce the corruption of the school. In the end, they find out the mastermind. Yet, in front of the truth, Solana faces a choice between vengeance and forgiveness.

Lai Yan-Chi's short film 1+1 triumphed at two prominent short film awards in Hong Kong, namely Fresh Wave and IFVA. She multiplies the sentiment in 1+1, by N times maybe, to come up with her debut feature-length fictional film N+N. The wise grandpa and witty granddaughter from 1+1 continue to bless the city with bamboo shoots, while their own home in a rural village is torn down to give way for the high speed railway. They meet other people also jeopardized by the so-called development: artist left homeless because of factory revitalization, the middle-class striving for a living, the young generation born in the 1990s... They are all trying to hold on to the city's collective memory and every living tree.

A Shaw Brothers production

Hong Kong horror short film

It is tough for stray animals to survive in the highly populated Hong Kong, and it is even tougher for mongrels - a breed that is shunned and despised by most. Helen is a volunteer in a dog shelter. She is having a good relationship with the mongrel Cha Siu. One day, Cha Siu causes some troubles which change its life. The manager of the dog shelter has to make a life-or-death decision to maintain the service of the shelter. As unjust as it may seem, the decision is effortless and easy for the manager to make, but the consequence that follows is beyond her wildest dream.

In the aftermath of 2014's Umbrella Revolution, five Hong Kong activists are confronted with the question of what it means to be Hong Kongers.

From April 24 to 26, 2014, Jenny performed at the Performing Arts Theatre for the first time and held a "non Jenny concert".

A sprite in a blue pinafore, plimsolls, and white facemask flits through Hong Kong, enclosed in a quicksilver bubble of magic. Streets become the dull, slow backdrop to her vividness. Oblivious to storefronts and curious stares, seeing only the yellow lines and the cracks in the pavement, she snakes and two-steps around seams and lines without loss of élan, chanting spells that shade into vague sounds. “Step on a line, break the devil’s spine, Step on a crack, break the devil’s back, Step in a ditch, your mother’s nose will itch, But if you step in between, everything will be keen!” By igniting her route with meaning, she briefly wrests public space from the commercial values this city lives by.