IVL June 9 Shaw Brothers Releases
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IVL June 9 Shaw Brothers Releases
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King Cat (1967) Director: Hsu Cheng-hung Cast: Pat Ting Hung, Chiao Chuang, Ching Li, Chin Feng, Chang I, Lo Lieh Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Although King Cat was one of Chang I's earliest films, the young actor was already showing the promise that would make him the star of countless Shaw Brothers' martial arts movies. Chang plays Chan Chao, a knight of justice, who thwarts the plans of Minister Peng to assassinate the revered Judge Pao Cheng over and over again. Lo Lieh gives Chang a good run for his money as the evil and sinister henchman of Minister Peng.
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Lady Assassin, The (1982) Director: Lu Chun-ku Cast: Liu Yung, Liu Hsueh-hua, Mok Siu-chung, Hsu Shao-chiang, Ku Feng Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua, is the title character, caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng, "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang, "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei, "Venom" Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.
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Look Out, Officer! (1990) Director: Liu Shih-yu Cast: Stephen Chow, Tung Piao, Stanley Feng Tsui-fan, Chan Tak-yong Genre: Comedy Synopsis Stephen Chow is absolutely delightful in this "cosmic comedy", directed by the man who also made New Tales Of The Flying Fox. Tung Piao plays a murdered police inspector who comes back from the dead to protect, help, and haunt a crafty cop into avenging his death. The comedic complications multiply, as do the thrills and laughs, in this prime Stephen Chow winner.
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Monkey Kung Fu (1979) Director: John Lo Mar Cast: Ching Siu-tung, Hou Chao-sheng Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Acclaimed film director Ching Siu-tung received international praise for his A Chinese Ghost Story film trilogy and is also considered the father of Hong Kong's highly popular and far-out wire-stunt gaggery techniques. In Monkey Kung Fu, Ching plays underachiever Wei Chun who is given the key to unlock the secret of the gibbon fists tactic.
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Return Of The Sentimental Swordsman (1980) Director: Chu Yuan Cast: Ching Li, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Linda Chu, Derek Yee (aka Erh Tung-sheng), Ku Feng Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis One great movie deserves another, and this is one of those rare sequels that many feel is superior to the original. The audience certainly seemed to think so, making this one of the Shaw Studio's highest grossing movies ever. And why not? Ti Lung is back as Li Chin Huan, the renowned, charming, elegant, majestic, and yes, sentimental, swordsman who must face the Chief of the Money Clan and his legion of assassins for the fate of the "Martial Arts World".
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| Joy Sales May 12 Releases | |
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Synopsis As a widowed father, Yue Siu Bo (Anthony Wong) lived his live as a Chinese chiropractor. His son and daughter, Nicky (Stephen Fung) and Natalie (Gillian Chung), learned martial arts from Yue but were tired of their father's bragging of his heroic past, so they stayed away from him, but on the other hand, the children constantly quarreled with each other, the family was never in harmony. One day, a mysterious person, Rocco (Michael Wong), arrived in his wheelchair in Yue's Clinic and asked for a person called Tai Chi Lung. Later on, Yue was found disappeared, leaving behind his clinic a mess. With the assistance of Yue's old friend Uncle Chiu (Wu Ma), Natalie's best friend and boyfriend, Ella (Charlene Choi) and Jason (Daniel Wu), the children successfully escaped from the assassins showed up in their school and found out Uncle Chiu was actually a retired undercover. Astonishingly, there was actually a secret background behind Yue which the children would never have thought of. Now their father's life was in danger, they had to unite together and ready for an impossible mission, but on the other side they were facing, was a gang of brutal killers...
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| Tuesday, 5/24/2005 |
Panorama May 20 Releases
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War And Youth (1991) Director: Tadashi Imai Cast: Yuki Kudo, Keisuke Sano, Hisashi Igawa, Tomoko Naraoka Synopsis Yuta Hanabusa runs an auto repair shop in a section of Tokyo beside the Sumida River. His daughter Yukari has an uncommon interest in what happened to her aunt, Sakiko, during World War II, but her father tends to avoid the topic. At last Yuta begins to unfold to his daughter what befell her aunt during the war. In the terror of the March 10, 1945 air raid, when America's B-29s rained death upon Tokyo as a preface to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Sakiko lost her little girl. For all of forty-five years Sakiko has been waiting for her child to return, frequently standing near the telephone pole which survived the holocaust, the last place she saw the girl. After Sakiko passed away, a Japanese woman with a Korean name of Lee Soon-ik, comes back from Korea to look for her long lost mother. Yukari wonders if she is her aunt's daughter who had long been missing...
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Yasujiro Ozu Collector's Box Set
Five films directed by Yasujiro Ozu.
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| Monday, 5/23/2005 |
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June 9 RTHK Releases Releases |
 
RTHK Batch #2 will consist of:
All shows will have English subtitles. |
| Wednesday, 5/18/2005 |
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Panorama May 12 Releases
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Tokyo Twilight (1957) Director: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishu Ryu, Isuzu Yamada Synopsis Ozu's central themes of family, sadness and transience are revisited again in this buried treasure of minimalist melodrama. The opening scenes of the twilight scenery is marvellously grim, which is totally appropriate for this tale of disintegration of a family. The married elder sister of the family has run away from her alcoholic and abusive husband and return with her child to her parents' home. Her younger sister, who is pregnant and has just been abandoned by her boyfriend, undergoes an abortion before both of them discover a family secret that has devastating result. Hara Setsuko is triumphant in her role as the elder sister who has to go through all the emotions and sufferings of the character.
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Tora-san, The Intellect (1975) Director: Yoji Yamada Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Fumie Kashiyama, Junko Sakurada Synopsis The sixteenth instalment in the Tora-san series. The seventeen-year-old girl Junko (Sakurada Junko) comes to Tora-san's house, claiming that Tora-san is her father! Fortunately, Tora-san arrives home and explains everything. Junko has mistaken him as her father because he has always sent money to Junko's mother, thanking her for her hospitality when he was very desperate in Yamagata about ten years ago. When Junko tells him that her mother has passed away a year ago, he is crushed and determined to visit her mother's grave... When Tora-san comes back, an archeology student Reiko (Kashiyama Fumie) comes to rent the place, and he takes this opportunity to pursue learning, and love. However, her teacher Keiji is also there, which makes it difficult for Tora-san.
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Panorama May 5 Releases
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Tokyo Story (1953) Director: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura Synopsis An aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, travels from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, post-war Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her. Without much moral judgement, Ozu depicts the widening gap between generations and the strain of modernisation on personal relations with great sensitivity and sympathy. An elegy on the disintegration of the traditional Japanese family.
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| Saturday, 5/14/2005 |
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May 19 Fortune Star Releases |
Films Of Stephen Chow DVD Box Set
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The Films Of Stephen Chow DVD Box Set will contain: King Of Beggars (1992) Director: Gordon Chan Cast: Stephen Chow, Cheung Man, Ng Man Tat, Chui Keung, Lam Wai, Chan Wei Yee Synopsis Beggar So (Stephen Chow) was born a Manchu nobleman. He was caught cheating at the martial arts competition and was stripped of his title and wealth and became a beggar. He saved the life of a senior member of the Beggar's Gang and became their Leader. Later he foiled an assassination attempt on the Emperor by defeating the leader of the Tian Li Cult (Tsui Siu Keung). The Emperor wanted to reinstate So's former title but he declined. Instead, he was awarded a golden bowl with the inscription, "Alms-begging on the Emperor's order". Legend Of The Dragon (1990) Director: Danny Lee Cast: Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Leung Ka Yan, Teresa Mo Synopsis Chow Siu Lung (Stephen Chow) is the only son of kung-fu instructor Chow Fei Hung (Yuen Wah) from Tai O. Hung wanted Lung to make a living in the city so he asked Yan (Leung Ka Yan) accompany Lung. Yan discovered that Lung is a natural snooker player and used him to make profits from illegal bets. Later he even swindled Lung's title deed of his ancestral home. When all seem lost, Lung's childhood sweetheart Mo Mo (Teresa Mo) used another piece of land as the stake and demanded a re-match... Specs
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| Tuesday, 5/10/2005 (Third Update) |
| Tuesday, 5/10/2005 (Second Update) |
Mei Ah May 20 Releases
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It Had To Be You (2005)
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Moment Of Romance 3, A (1996) (Remastered)
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Lian Cheng Jue [TV Series]
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| Tuesday, 5/10/2005 (First Update) |
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IVL May 26 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Big Bad Sis (1976) Director: Sun Chung Cast: Chen Ping, Wang Chung, Shaw Yin-yin, Wang Hsia, Chen Kuan-tai Genre: Action Synopsis Sisterhood and girl power is alive in Big Bad Sis, where three textile factory co-workers defend themselves against bullying colleagues, male thugs and a nasty casino boss. Leading the trio is 'Fearless Ying,' a tough-fisted woman on the outside but a girl in love inside. To everyone else though, she is 'Big Bad Sis.' Directed by Sun Chung, who is famous for his sweeping camera work and fluid action. Kung-fu fans will also enjoy kung-fu legend Chen Kuan-tai who appears as a teahouse owner who joins forces with the women.
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Dreams Of Eroticism (1977) Director: Shaw's Directors Cast: Antonio Ho (aka Sze Wei), Tien Ching, Shirley Yu, Jennifer Liu Ya-ying, Ku Kwun-chung, Yu Yung Genre: Erotic Synopsis What happens when the entire Shaw Brothers Scenario Group, Direction Group, and Cinematography Group collaborate on a single exotic film? The result is a timeless and titillating tale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. All the bed and body hopping is not exclusive to the family, either. Their maids and servants get involved as well, leading to flesh, fibs, and suicide, among other things. Taken all together, this is an all-time classic of sumptuous sexuality.
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Gossip Street (1974) Director: Wang Feng Cast: Danny Lee (aka Li Hsiu-hsien), Sandra Lang, Liang Tien, Lo Lan, Cheng Chun-mien, Top Shaws and HK-TVB stars Genre: Comedy Synopsis The versatile and prolific Wang Feng both writes and directs this ensemble epic which united actors from both Shaw Brothers' film units and their television network, HK-TVB. The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where all the neighbors gather to gossip. The sitcom turns serious when a local mobster wants to change the place into a gambling den - leading to a satisfying finale where hearsayers turn into heroes to save their neighborhood.
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Hong Kong Hong Kong (1983) Director: Clifford Tsai Kai-kwong Cast: Cherie Chung Cho-hung, Alex Man Chi-leung, Lo Lieh, Kwan Hoi-shan Genre: Erotic Awards
Synopsis Love and lust, passion and desire, man and woman, Hong Kong Hong Kong. A critically acclaimed drama from the Hong Kong New Wave, Hong Kong Hong Kong sizzles with erotic tension in relating the destruction of three lives involved in a triangular relationship: a macho Thai-Chinese rogue (Alex Man Chi-leung), a prosperous, middle-aged carpenter (Kwan Hoi-shan), and the sultry, beautiful illegal immigrant they both love (Cherie Chung Cho-hung, in one of her most acclaimed roles).
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Let's Have A Baby (1985) Director: Chu Yuan Cast: Patricia Ha Man-jik, Alex Man Chi-leung, Pan Chen-wei Genre: Comedy Synopsis The great Chu Yuan has been acclaimed for his neo-realism, melodrama, mystery thrillers, and epic martial-arts sagas. But comedy? Yes! Many fans also remember his landmark social satire The House Of 72 Tenants in 1973, so the appearance of this charming tale of child-creating complications (featuring a rare comedic performance by Alex Man Chi-leung) was a welcome addition. Working from a script by the award-winning writer, actor, and director Alfred Cheung Kin-ting (Let's Make Laugh), this farce of modern manners never flags.
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IVL May 19 Toei Releases
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Genji: A Thousand-Year Love (2001) Director: Tonko Horikawa Cast: Takako Tokiwa, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuki Amami Synopsis A screen adaptation of the famous tenth-century novel, The Tale of Genji. Prince Genji (Amami Yuki), a man everyone loves but who himself loves only his stepmother, Fujitsubo. That is, until he encounters a young girl, Murasakinoue (Tokiwa Takako), who looks just like Fujitsubo. He decides to create in her an ideal woman - while Shikibu (Yoshinaga Sayuri) looks on and writes away.
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Samurai Reincarnation (1981) Director: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Kenji Sawada, Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba Synopsis Amakusa Shiro (Kenji Sawada), who was killed in the Shimabara War, mysteriously appears in the peaceful time of Edo. He has learned the forbidden magic spell of "resurrection", which has the power to bring the dead back to life. He has brought back all the famous dead samurais to serve as his army. Shiro attempts to overthrow the Tokugawa Iemitsu government, but Yagyu Jubei (Shiichi Chiba) stands up against him. Jubei manages to defeat Shiro's men, before he has to face his own father, Yagyu Tajimano-kami, who turns out to be one of Shiro's soldiers.
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| Monday, 5/9/2005 |
Mega Star May 19 Releases
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The Eye 10 (2005) Director: Pang Brothers Cast: Isabella Leung, Berlin Chen, Kate Yeung Synopsis Led by a Thai friend, 4 young people start to play the tricks to see ghosts. They start with the most ordinary way to explore the creepy world... Specs
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Addicted (2002) Director: Park Young-hoon Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Mi-yeon Synopsis Ho-jin and Dae-jin were brothers. Elder brother Ho-jin married Eun-soo, and they lived together happily with Dae-jin. One day, both brothers get into accidents: Ho-jin dies while Dae-jin loses consciousness. Later, Dae-jin wakes up and claims that he is Ho-jin. Eun-soo is utterly confused as Dae-jin's behaviors are exactly like her husband's. She cannot believe such kind of spirit-transfer but she keeps noticing things about her husband from Dae-jin. Finally, Eun-soo accepts Dae-jin as her real husband. They begin a more passionate love, but the truth is far beyond one's imagination.
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