Discoveries from Hong Kong SAR China World Cinema

Young punk Eddy Fong is having an affair with Joyce Ho, who is unhappily married to dull and middle aged office manager Ho Sun.

Her name’s Pong, Mrs. Pong. At first glance, she’s a meek, middle-aged woman, pleasantly plump and perfectly harmless. Yet as circumstances demand it, she’s not your ordinary mother, nor a long-suffering widow for that matter. Her missions? To pull her son out of peril while standing up to bullies and saving homes from being uprooted and demolished in the name of urban renewal. Mrs. Pong effortlessly transforms from an armchair survivalist to a fearless heroine hell-bent on her mission, trading punches and kicks for frying pans and woks, awakening a rebellious spirit that wars against exploitation and oppression in a system tilted towards the rich and powerful.

Complicated mix of Chinese history and myth, where old Shaolin friends find themselves on different sides, one a Ching general, and the other faithful to Ming.

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho, Pat Ting Hung, Ding Ling, Fanny Fan Lai and Margaret Tu Chuan.

Set in the late 1950s, after Japan's devastating occupation in China, RED GRASS SAND is an involving look at one man's need for power. The film begins in 1941, when Commander Dor, of the Chinese Army, collects donations from his people and decides to keep the donations and burying them at Red Beach. He returns 15 years later with plans of returning to power, only to find its current inhabitants to be more than a little hostile.

The Perfect Wife?! is a 1983 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed Dean Shek and starring Shek, Eric Tsang and Linda Lau.

Nora and Bing Bing are best friends who scam sugar daddies for a living. When they discover a Hermes Birkin bag they were gifted is a fake, their “boyfriends” and crimes catch up with them and they are sent on a romp through their hometown of Hong Kong.

Comedy about friends having fun discovering their sexual desires during their vacation in a 'happy' club.

Businessman marries his company's mainland representative. Trouble is, he already has a wife and family back in Hong Kong!

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Hong Kong movie

In 1944 Chang Chin's father was murdered by the Japanese with the help of Ching Tang and Fan Hsi-Shang, two collaborators led by Fung Mu. Now a grown up and a master of kung fu, Chang is ready to revenge his father.

Ms Chan, a social worker who has just returned to work, receives her first case. She pays a visit to Jia, a single elderly who seems to have accidentally dialled the Care-on-Call Service. Jia has suspicious bruises on his face and Ms. Chan senses a possible family abuse situation. However, Jia’s attitude is unwelcoming and he sends her off right away. Since then, a series of peculiar events make Ms. Chan question her own sense of reality and sanity.

A general and his band of thugs plot to take over a village. Tiger, a local kung fu protege, brings this information to his uncle, a master of the seven steps style of kung fu. His uncle teaches him the style, and together they take on the general and his thugs.

The premise of the film is that a meteor has been projected to destroy Hong Kong after 33 years (i.e., in 2047). The storyline details the subsequent reaction of local residents and the transformation Hong Kong undergoes leading up to the date of destruction.

Someone has been impersonating the Soul Snatching Banner in order to commit crimes. But someone else may have been impersonating him to do good deeds! And who was the skeleton in the cave, wearing the Soul Snatching Banner's clothing? As martial artists gather to a mountain sword meet to see who is the best of them all, fathers fight against sons and clan leaders fight against tradition and someone intends to make sure no one leaves the mountain alive!

Li is a beautiful young woman who is engaged to a handsome scholar, Pei Shunqing. However, a rich evil man, Jia Sidao, is attracted by Li's beauty and wants to take Li as his concubine. Pei and Li then come to discuss the matter and decide to flee, but they are kidnapped by Jia's men before they can escape. Jia threatens to kill Pei, and Li finally yields but requests to see Pei for the last time. During their short conversation Li tries to persuade Pei to leave, but he insists that he will not leave without her. Li tells him that she has promised to be Jia’s concubine. Pei has to depart, angry and disappointed. Later, Li tries to kill Jia with his sword before their wedding but she is stabbed to death instead. Li's ghost then returns to avenge Jia and his men by burning them until only ashes remain.

The government seems powerless against the brutal activities of the ninjas and requests the help of the powerful task force of the American drug fighting organization. The US authorities send their best man on a high-explosive mission to eliminate the unscrupulous killer ninja clan and destroy their drug ring.

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Master Wong Fei-hung and disciple Ling Wan-kai take refuge at Golden Cock Township in Guangxi.They befriend the Mok sisters being forced to marry a local tyrant. Master Wong and Ling intervene to help the sisters to uproot the evil tyrant.

Three tales taken from author Pu Songling's collection of famous classical ghost stories. Pian Pian- A man shows no signs of repentance and continues to flirt even after he is married. Judge Lu- Judge Lu's magical powers help Zhu to get top marks in the Imperial Examinations. Lotus the Fairy-A student is blinded in an attempt to save a lotus fairy from a sorcerer.

Popular singing quartet the Big Four (Canto-pop stars Andy Hui, Dicky Cheung, Edmond Leung, and William So) went on tour in March 2010 beginning at the Hong Kong Coliseum. It is a dream come true for the four friends, who has long wanted to share the stage as a foursome. All of them are alumni of the influential New Talent Singing Awards, and they pay homage to their origin early in the show.

A ruthless thug and deadly boxer attempts to overrun a fearful town by employing his powerful gang of henchmen to shake down the defenseless citizens, but when they go too far and kill an elderly boxer, the rage with which one man strikes back channels the power of an entire community.

This is a movie concerning with several women's sex dream.

The two fighters of the title clash due to a gang boss playing them off against each other. The boss is hoping to steal a million dollars of the country's money, and when the two fighters realise this they combine forces to defeat the gangster, and his accomplice, a man whom they had both formerly respected.

Chan Chuen directed this story about the many problems besetting Hong Kong youth when they reach that "energetic" age of 21.

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Hong Kong movie

Ng Ga Wai longs for the moment to meet her mom, they haven't seen each other for almost 10 years. However, Ah Mui - his loving mother, insists to not meet her son, she even gives instructions to others to obstruct her son's visit. In the meantime, a meantime, a memory that was meant to be forgotten appeared. He remembers what he did to his mother, and an unforgiving sin that leads Ah Mui to leave the family for almost 10 years...

The drunken technique of martial arts has never been so expertly performed as in this kung fu classic. The drunken boxing is performed by a resident of a town being taken over by Tiger Master (Chan Sing). Tiger Master and his bodyguards seem to have the town in its grasp, but they are not prepared for the deceptively relaxed drunken boxing of this young fighter.

A team of mercenary soldiers, hired by a mystical person nicknamed Baroness,steal a priceless piece of jewel from the Philippine Museum. Two Philippines cops, Pat and Ray, are ordered to recover the jewel. They have no concrete evidence against the suspected targets and soldiers are planning to steal yet another valuable stone.The Blue Sun. In hope of unveiling the identity of Baroness, Pat and Ray have to work jointly with the Chinese security police and trigger a tense struggle with soldiers...

Following Tales from the Dark and Are You Here, Siu Yam Yam scares audiences again in the horror film The Girl Shaman. The Shaw Brothers veteran is flanked by a young lineup of actresses including Ashina Kwok (Lazy Hazy Crazy), Maggie Lee (La Lingerie), Daisy Li and Yan Linglan of Seven Sense. After losing her boyfriend to a drowning accident, 19-year-old Xueni (Ashina Kwok) agrees to a soul-swap contract with an elderly shaman (Siu Yam Yam). Having gained the power to wander the realms of the living and dead, Xueni sets out to save her boyfriend's soul.

Alan Tam and Hacken Lee are back with their latest crowd-pleasing shows! The pop superstar duo reunited after their popular concert series in 2003 and 2004, holding 12 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in February 2009. The first pop music artists to take to the Coliseum stage after the venue's recent renovation, Alan & Hacken greeted audiences with their infectious cheerfulness and a buoyant, bombastic, and bewitching performance. During the show, they delivered dozens of their unstoppable hits, including several medleys of Alan & Hacken classics, the concert theme song "Don't Panic", the 2009 East Asian Games theme song You are the Legend, and three bonus tracks, one of which featuring the newlywed Kelly Chen as a guest performer. Capturing the show in its full glory in 1920x1080 HD, the 3-DVD Karaoke release includes an extra 26-minute making-of.

It's from Hong Kong. It involves ghosts.

Ten years after being drummed out of the police force for killing a friend and colleague who was corrupt, ex-cop Lam (Alex Fong) and his girlfriend Kelly (Yoyo Mung) have settled down to a quiet life running a restaurant in New Zealand - a quiet life about to be ripped apart when mob boss Mr. Dick (Eddy Ko) returns to settle old scores.

Li Feng is a woman who takes on the worst rogues and gangs. She is known as the Jade Rakasha. She is considered invincible until she is struck by the poisoned sword of the Robber Knights king.

A martial artist who makes his living as a syndicate hit man finds himself the quarry of both the police and the mob.

Chao discovers that he is suffering from cancer and has only a few months to live. Wanting to alleviate his girlfriend Su-An's financial burdens, Chao starts working as a muscleman for a mob boss and successfully expels the competing gang from the area. With nothing left to lose, he becomes unstoppable.

Classic swordplay movie with some crazy monkey fighters.

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!

Three unemployed brothers decide to rob a bank in order to support their pregnant wives. When they're killed by the police, their wives swear revenge.

Understanding "beauty" for 2015... From Beijing, Huang Jianxin wonders if it's nobler to sleep or not to sleep in Insomniac Diary. In London, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Tenant tells the misadventures of an Iranian boy trying not to lose his bed-sit. With Three Days After My Death, Yim Ho creates a parable: a woman who wants to die must save someone's life before her death wish be granted. Tsai Ming-Liang returns with No No Sleep, where bare-footed Lee Kang-Sheng walks Tokyo streets in the depth of winter.

Based upon a hugely popular romance novel by Shanghai writer Zhang Henshui, the film tells the intriguing relationship between a rich Beijing college boy and three young women: a street artist, an upper class lady, and a teahouse songstress.

Wuwechimato journeys to China to learn Chinese kung fu but finds himself on board a boat filled with Japanese pirates whose only mission is plunder and pillage. When he intervenes on behalf of an adolescent Chinese girl about to be kidnapped, he is targeted by the pirates while also assumed by the Chinese villagers to be one of the pirates. Only when the girl hides him and teaches him some of her language, does he manage to convince other important villagers of his innocence.

The mysterious deaths of men linked to a charming singer unleash the resentment of her suitors.

The film traces the relationships that develop between the protagonist Xu and the three women he meets, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Yang Naifan's family has agreed to an arranged marriage. Yang Naifan is not happy with the arrangement and runs away to be with her true love, Li Zuyi. Disowned by her family, Yang Naifan must endure many hardships as she follows her heart.

A young boy learns Tae Kwon Do, not only to defeat the gangsters threatening his family, but also to defeat the man who killed his father.

As China falls into hyperinflation following the end of the war, people fought tooth and nail to get their hands on the only reliable currencies in the world: gold and American dollars. This is a story that shows how seven bars and two thousand US dollars bring together an interesting mix of characters: an opportunistic manager, a materialistic courtesan, a con artist posing as a commissioner of the Treasury, a white-collar worker who will do anything for a promotion, a man who specialises in conning women, a father who marries off his daughter for money and a sorcerer who fakes his magic. In this dog-eat-dog world, the only truth is that everyone is lying for his own gain. Playing the courtesan who longs to be part of high society, Li Lihua steals the film with a feisty performance opposite the amusing Yan Jun, whose con artist character has a tendency to flirt with lyrics from Peking operas.

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Hong Kong movie

Lin Yong Kang has an affair with Xu Mei Fan. She gets pregnant and they lose contact as the Japanese invade Hong Kong.

This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu Nu, a beggar’s daughter, is a beautiful and kind girl. On a snowy day she saves the life of a poor scholar, Mo Ji. When Mo recovers, he marries Jin with love and gratitude. Mo wins the third place in the imperial examinations, but now he is looked down upon because his wife is a beggar's daughter. Extremely embarrassed and ashamed, Mo wants to divorce but has no excuse. Jin then jumps into the river and Mo has deep regrets but it is too late. Later, Mo’s senior Ambassador Lin appreciates his talents and wants to marry him his daughter. On the wedding night, the bride orders Mo to kneel in her room and beats him hard with a cane. Not until then does Mo know his bride is actually Jin, who has been saved by Lin. At the end, Lin knows Jin still loves Mo and helps the couple reunite.