Friday, 11 June 2010

Twin Blades of Doom 1969



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Swordsman Chang Chieh Liang, known as the "Twin Blades", kills several members of the Ghost Gang as they attempt a robbery. When the bandits kill his wife and son out of retalitation, Chang swears vengeance. One by one, "Twin Blades" confronts his five color-coded rivals in a tale of loyalty, honor, and vengeance.


The Happiest Moment 1973



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The Happiest Moment is an erotic comedy anthology set in Northern China during WWII. In the opening story, Hui plays Luo, a lecherous old bluffer whose sexual desires are too much for his weakened sai lo. Resorting to an Indian aphrodisiac that must be consumed three hours beforehand and only works for thirty minutes, Luo carefully plans out his day to the second. However, a Japanese military parade throws off his schedule, necessitating a second dose and unforeseen consequences for him and his girlfriend (Tanny Tien Ni). Hui also appears in a second role (patterned after his Marshal Pang character from THE WARLORD) as the local police lieutenant, who figures out a way to profit from the situation. The officer then announces the opening of a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases but, unfortunately, ends up with syphilis himself. On the plus side, he now has an excuse to supervise the prostitute examinations. In the next segment, Hui plays an elderly woman with stomach trouble who checks into a far too accommodating hospital that allows her to eat whatever rich foods she desires. The final story centers around dimwitted apprentice barber Xiao Liu (Hui), who is caught between his money-obsessed boss and the man's shrewish wife (Hu Chin). After a year in the shop, Xiao Liu has still not mastered the basics of the trade, so his boss makes the mistake of letting the bumbling lad practice on him. When Xiao Liu is asked to join a group of men standing watch over a recently deceased local, he gets some unexpected help with his mahjong game.


Thursday, 3 June 2010

Gossip Street 1974



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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.


Kid from Kwangtung 1982



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The Ming Dynasty has been overthrown and is to be expected there are still those who believe that the Ming Court should be reestablished as ruler of China. And as you do with any rebellion you suppress it by killing any Ming supporting rebels. A Ming supporting village in the north has been attacked and razed and the surviving daughter and mother of a rebellion leader flee south for protection. Unbeknownst to Hi Jiayu and his friends, their teacher, Uncle Zhang, leads the Ming rebellion group in their village. When the women’s attackers arrive in their village their peaceful and blissfully ignorant lives are interrupted with violence and what was once a life filled with youthful antics and mischief the surviving children must now take up their peer’s fight and defend themselves against oppression.