Best known for his novels, film producer, screenwriter and novelist Xiong Yao Hua (pen name Gu Long) wrote “Xiao Li Fei Dao” (“Little Li Flying Dagger”), a wuxia series consisting of five novels from 1968 to 1981. This film is an adaptation of the second novel “The Bordertown Wanderer” in which two swordsmen team up to investigate the murder case of a legendary swordsman, Bai Tian Yu. Apparently it is the 20th anniversary of his death and his son is showing up to settle the old score with the remaining surviving seven murderers.
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Set in a winter landscape, the film kicks off with Fu Hong Xue (Ti Lung), an unshaven man cladded in a poncho, walking alone on the snowy fields and frozen rivers as the opening credits roll. Obviously the same frozen location where Chor filmed his very own “The...
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Set in a winter landscape, the film kicks off with Fu Hong Xue (Ti Lung), an unshaven man cladded in a poncho, walking alone on the snowy fields and frozen rivers as the opening credits roll. Obviously the same frozen location where Chor filmed his very own “The...
- 5/29/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Three female convicts transferred to the New Life Correction Center for communists and traitors on Green Island (formerly known as Bonfire Island) are subjected to unspeakable humiliation and abuse in Zero Chou’s dark drama “Untold Herstory”, that has just had its European premiere at IFFR. The year is 1953, and the White Terror period is in full swing. Many people, most of them students, are being apprehended for innocent offenses such as saying something wrong, reading banned (mainly leftist) books, or for being related or befriended to the ‘enemies of the state’. Some are being reported as spies as a spiteful act of retaliation, and others for refusing men’s advances. Only few can call themselves guilty, if being a communist is still considered a crime.
Untold Her Story screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam
“Untold Herstory” pulls many tricks out of the epic historical dramas hat:...
Untold Her Story screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam
“Untold Herstory” pulls many tricks out of the epic historical dramas hat:...
- 2/10/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
During the 70s, due to social pressure, local Hong Kong female movie stars were unwilling to strip or appear in erotic films while some Taiwanese imports were not shy in taking their clothes off for the camera. Chen Ping was one such actress; upon joining Shaw Brothers she landed the leading role in Ho’s sleazy rape and revenge thriller and by going nude she became an overnight sensation.
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In general, Ho Meng Hua doesn’t waste time in telling his story; the film begins with the brutal gang rape of a young female textile factory worker Chu Ling (Chen Ping) on her way home, by five thugs. Too traumatized by the horrific attack, she is unable to continue working in the factory in which the rhythmic motions of the machines remind her of her torment. She quits her...
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In general, Ho Meng Hua doesn’t waste time in telling his story; the film begins with the brutal gang rape of a young female textile factory worker Chu Ling (Chen Ping) on her way home, by five thugs. Too traumatized by the horrific attack, she is unable to continue working in the factory in which the rhythmic motions of the machines remind her of her torment. She quits her...
- 10/17/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Starting with “The Flying Guillotine” back in 1975, director Ho unleashed his deadly decapitating machine on the big screen and started a trend. But he was too busy doing other horror projects like “Black Magic”, “Oily Maniac” and “The Mighty Peking Man” that he was not able to do the official follow-up. Even so with “The Dragon Missile” (1976), he did manage to do a quick knock off version while other directors and actors were finishing off the troublesome sequel. Interestingly, when it finally came out in 1978, Ho also released the concluding chapter concerning the flying guillotine for the Shaw Brothers in the form of “The Vengeful Beauty” or “Bloody Hibiscus” as in the Chinese title.
Set again in the Qing Dynasty under the ruthless Emperor Yung Cheng who, with the service of his flying guillotine squad continues to kill anyone who he considers a rebel, he now also sets his sight...
Set again in the Qing Dynasty under the ruthless Emperor Yung Cheng who, with the service of his flying guillotine squad continues to kill anyone who he considers a rebel, he now also sets his sight...
- 9/22/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
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