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(From left) Amy Yip, Man Siu and Kudo Hitomi in a still from Erotic Ghost Story.

How the Erotic Ghost Story films shocked and seduced Hong Kong

The trio of 1990s adult movies with Hong Kong sex symbols like Amy Yip and Japanese adult-video actresses like Kudo Hitomi were a huge hit.

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Hong Kong will grow tech sector with input from experts like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Profile | Miriam Yeung’s career as singer and actress, and rupture with fans

Review | Blossoms Under Somewhere: Collar’s Marf Yau impresses in film debut

Cantopop star Marf Yau gives a charismatic performance in a dubious coming-of-age tale of two teenaged girls who sell their underwear online.

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Marf Yau in a still from Blossoms Under Somewhere.

4 very different Hong Kong romance films from the 2000s to watch

From July Rhapsody with Jacky Cheung to Love in a Puff with Miriam Yeung and Andy Lau in Love on a Diet, these movies offered something new.

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Was remaking classics like Police Story, A Better Tomorrow a good idea?

We look at four remakes of classic Hong Kong films, from a Jackie Chan-led Police Story from the 2000s to a riff on Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury.

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Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

Louis Cheung in an interview with the Post in 2011. At one time , Hong Kong tabloids mocked the singer, songwriter and actor for being less successful than his pop-star wife, Kay Tse. Now he is flying high. Photo: SCMP

Review | The Last Dance: Dayo Wong, Michael Hui in exquisite funeral drama

Comic actors excel in purely dramatic roles, but Michelle Wai steals the show in an engrossing film that champions female empowerment.

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Review | Cesium Fallout: Andy Lau leads Hong Kong radiation disaster drama

Implausible? Yes. A flimsy set-up? Also true – but this mega-budget film starring Andy Lau, Bai Yu and Karen Mok is immersive and engaging.

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Review | In Possession Street, zombies terrorise old Hong Kong shopping mall

Starring Philip Keung, Yeung Wai-lun and Candy Wong of girl group Collar, Possession Street is a grim and claustrophobic experience.

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Philip Keung in a still from Possession Street. Photo: Mei Ah Entertainment.

‘Gormless’ to ‘adequate’ to ‘terrific’, Aaron Kwok’s early film career

Aaron Kwok’s early films garnered mixed reviews, from a terrible outing in Legend of the Liquid Sword to a great one in After This Our Exile.

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Aaron Kwok in a still from Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996).

Profile | From child star to activist, Hong Kong actress Josephine Siao’s career

Josephine Siao began her acting career aged 6 and made over 100 films before becoming deaf. She is an activist against child sexual abuse.

Review | Inexternal, martial arts fantasy without a watchable fight scene

Martial arts clichés, clumsy storytelling and terrible fight scenes all add up to a fantasy that is less than fantastic.

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All 10 Once Upon a Time in China movies and rip-offs rated

Tsui Hark’s film series that originally starred Jet Li as martial arts legend Wong Fei-hung spawned several knock-offs, such as Kickboxer.

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Jet Li as Cantonese martial arts legend Wong Fei-hung in a still from Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1992), directed by Tsui Hark. Photo: Golden Harvest

Letters | Be warned, the pain of war lingers long after the fighting ends

Readers reflect on the scars of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, waste management solutions for Hong Kong and the ticketing scramble for next year’s Coldplay show.

Azerbaijan soldiers walk near the Lachin checkpoint, on September 26 last year. Photo: AFP

11 films that best show the acting chops of Hong Kong’s Anita Mui

Anita Mui’s remarkable versatility made her characters captivating to watch in films that co-starred names like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat.

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Profile | Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung’s rise to God of Songs

Known as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, Jacky Cheung has enjoyed a stellar career as an actor and singer since 1984.

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Review | High Forces: Andy Lau takes on aircraft hijackers in stupid thriller

Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau’s reputation takes another nosedive in High Forces, a ridiculous Chinese production from director Oxide Pang.

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Andy Lau in a still from the Chinese aeroplane thriller High Forces (category IIB; Mandarin), directed by Oxide Pang. Zhang Zifeng and Qu Chuxiao co-star.

How Leslie Cheung shone in Farewell My Concubine and Temptress Moon

Cheung’s turns opposite Gong Li as a gay opera singer and a gigolo in 20th century China were two of his best, but both fell foul of censors.

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Why are claw machines a Hong Kong obsession?

Why Brandon Lee’s only Hong Kong film, Legacy of Rage, is underrated

The Crow was Lee’s best movie but he was great in dubbed crime film, despite refusing to do kung fu for fear of comparisons with his dad.

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Brandon Lee in a still from Legacy of Rage. Photo: D & B Films Co.

Profile | How actress Shu Qi went from soft-porn to mainstream cinema, and now filmmaking

‘A hard-working actress’ who ‘can do anything she wants to do’, a director once said of Shu Qi – a remark borne out by her subsequent career.

Shu Qi on the red carpet at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. A director once described her as “a hardworking actress” who “can do anything she wants to do”, an observation proven by her career since. Photo: SCMP

Review | Stuntman, passionate homage to Hong Kong action filmmaking

Veteran action choreographer Tung Wai plays washed-up action director Lee Sam, who returns for one last film collaboration.

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Filmmaker Johnnie To looks to the future at New York retrospective

The director sheds light on the difficulty of making films in Hong Kong, his shooting methods and change in Asia, as MoMA honours his work.

4 Hong Kong martial arts films that celebrate deadly ‘flying guillotine’

An assassins’ weapon that removed heads, the fictional ‘flying guillotine’ was featured in a number of Hong Kong wuxia films.

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A still from The Flying Guillotine (1975), which spawned a number of films that featured the fictional assassin’s weapon of the same name.

Review | Once in a Blue Moon: bittersweet drama set in pandemic-era Hong Kong

Happiness director Andy Lo delivers an emotional, endearing and bittersweet family drama set in Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Gladys Li as Mei-chan in a still from Once in a Blue Moon.

Miss Hong Kong Ellyn Ngai aims to promote women’s rights, redefine beauty

‘Michele Reis of City U’ says she wants to use status to give back to society, urges more support for women in coming policy address.

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Norman Chui, renowned Hong Kong martial arts star, dies of cancer aged 73

Veteran actor famous for “Reincarnated” series in 1970s succumbed to oesophageal cancer in Beijing on September 1, long-time friend says.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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