“Typhoon was like a meteorite in the midst of a Mandarin-speaking industry mired in propaganda and a resolutely commercial Taiwanese cinema. The film is a raging storm that shakes genres, breaks the conventions of the time and offers the actors their best roles. Pan Lei had already distinguished himself with his original scripts and previous films, which always went outside the official discourse. Here he can indulge his sensuality, as well as his passion for outdoor shots and for characters with an evil nature.” – Wafa Ghermani, Cinemathèque française.
Typhoon is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A middle aged couple have been manning a remote weather station in the mountains, with their only company being a mailman that occasionally comes there to deliver goods and mail, and a local beautiful girl, Ah-hung, who shows particular interest for the man's experiments on mice. The couple feel the loneliness...
Typhoon is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A middle aged couple have been manning a remote weather station in the mountains, with their only company being a mailman that occasionally comes there to deliver goods and mail, and a local beautiful girl, Ah-hung, who shows particular interest for the man's experiments on mice. The couple feel the loneliness...
- 2/10/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In the early 1960s, the Kuomintang (Kmt) government’s White Terror in Taiwan, which had begun in 1949, was rife. However, one wouldn’t be aware of such dire political and social turmoil when watching director Pai Ko’s final film, “Romance at Lung Shang Temple” (1962). Completed just before its director’s arrest and imprisonment, the rom-com-musical is a sweet and optimistic affair that deftly alludes to the social tensions of the day.
Romance at Lung Shang Temple is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Hsiao-fang (Hsueh-Fang Chuang) works at the temple market, with her pleasant singing attracting customers and boosting ointment sales. However, when a rival salesman muscles her out of the temple, she’s forced to consider other work to help her ill father. While on the hunt for a new career, she crosses paths with two young men who are both taken by the young woman: Tang Liang (Yun Ling), a musician,...
Romance at Lung Shang Temple is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Hsiao-fang (Hsueh-Fang Chuang) works at the temple market, with her pleasant singing attracting customers and boosting ointment sales. However, when a rival salesman muscles her out of the temple, she’s forced to consider other work to help her ill father. While on the hunt for a new career, she crosses paths with two young men who are both taken by the young woman: Tang Liang (Yun Ling), a musician,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
Ti Lung is known for his awesome catalogue of movies, over the years he was a leading star at The Shaw Brothers Studio and appeared in well over a 100 movies. I have put together a list of movies, which i have enjoyed over the years. *This is not a Top 40 list.
1.Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
Cast:David Chiang, Li Ching, Ku Feng, Cheng Miu,
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
2.The Duel (1971)
Cast:David Chiang, Yeung Chi Hing, Yue Wai, Ku Feng
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
3.Blood Brothers (1973)
Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Miu, Tin Ching
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Lau Kar Leung, Tong Gaai
4.The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
Cast:Cheng Li, Yueh Hua, Derek Yee, Ku Feng, Fan Mei Sheng
Director:Chu Yuan
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Wong Pau Gei
5.The Retuen of The Sentimental Swordsman (1981)
Cast:Fu Sheng, Derek Yee,...
1.Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
Cast:David Chiang, Li Ching, Ku Feng, Cheng Miu,
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
2.The Duel (1971)
Cast:David Chiang, Yeung Chi Hing, Yue Wai, Ku Feng
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
3.Blood Brothers (1973)
Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Miu, Tin Ching
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Lau Kar Leung, Tong Gaai
4.The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
Cast:Cheng Li, Yueh Hua, Derek Yee, Ku Feng, Fan Mei Sheng
Director:Chu Yuan
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Wong Pau Gei
5.The Retuen of The Sentimental Swordsman (1981)
Cast:Fu Sheng, Derek Yee,...
- 1/15/2016
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
When I think of Wu Xia movies, I immediately think of Shaw Brothers and the many classic they have made over the years. What I love about this genre is many things, the Swordplay, The Characters, Story lines, Setting, Costumes and much more.
Wu Xia, traditionally is a form of literature. But after high demand over the years it’s become involoved in many art forms such as Movies, Opera, Video Games and beyond. This list of 30 Wu Xia movies listed, i hope you’ll like and want to thank my friend Richard Robinson for contributing to the list. If we missed any classics out, its most probably because we honestly forgot at that time or maybe we haven’t seen all the classic Wu Xia movies so far, anyway enjoy the list and let us know what you thought in the commen box at the bottom.
1.Have Sword Will Travel (1969)
Cast: David Chiang,...
Wu Xia, traditionally is a form of literature. But after high demand over the years it’s become involoved in many art forms such as Movies, Opera, Video Games and beyond. This list of 30 Wu Xia movies listed, i hope you’ll like and want to thank my friend Richard Robinson for contributing to the list. If we missed any classics out, its most probably because we honestly forgot at that time or maybe we haven’t seen all the classic Wu Xia movies so far, anyway enjoy the list and let us know what you thought in the commen box at the bottom.
1.Have Sword Will Travel (1969)
Cast: David Chiang,...
- 10/14/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Vengeance is a Golden Blade
Directed by Ho Meng-Hua
Written by Ho Meng-Hua and Yun Chich Tu
Hong Kong, 1969
Ah, the McGuffin, the prized object that each and every character in a film is influenced by, seeks out but which in the end bears no relation to the heart of a story. The story is typically about something else entirely, yet the film will cheekily try to remind the audience that it is the ever elusive (or not) object of everyone’s desire that matters most. This is one of the oldest storytelling tricks in movie history, and one of the most recognized. The idea of the McGuffin is pretty interesting because it can assist a film in so many essential ways, such as actually helping a film in question focus more on character relations. The hunt for the object everyone desires will, if we follow the screenwriting logic, inadvertently cause rich character development.
Directed by Ho Meng-Hua
Written by Ho Meng-Hua and Yun Chich Tu
Hong Kong, 1969
Ah, the McGuffin, the prized object that each and every character in a film is influenced by, seeks out but which in the end bears no relation to the heart of a story. The story is typically about something else entirely, yet the film will cheekily try to remind the audience that it is the ever elusive (or not) object of everyone’s desire that matters most. This is one of the oldest storytelling tricks in movie history, and one of the most recognized. The idea of the McGuffin is pretty interesting because it can assist a film in so many essential ways, such as actually helping a film in question focus more on character relations. The hunt for the object everyone desires will, if we follow the screenwriting logic, inadvertently cause rich character development.
- 5/5/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
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