A full journey from the beginning of "Swordplay" movies in Shanghai, growth in Hong Kong cinemas in the 60's and 70's and Ang Lee's epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. The series also features interviews with such luminaries including John Woo, Chu Yuen, Lau Ka Leung, Gordon Lau Ka Fai, Sammo Hung, David Chiang and Cheng Pei Pei.
Sammi Shum (Kenix Kwok) quits her studies and marries a tycoon's son, Raymond Lam (Lee Wai-kei), despite her father's (Chor Yuen) objection. At first, she feels like a princess living in a fairy tale, until she discovers her husband is having an affair. She wakes up from her dream and finds that the reality is that she is suffering from post-natal depression She loses the custody of her son, QQ, after divorcing her husband. Luckily, her friend Yip Heung-fai (Stephen Au) finds her an assistant job in a law firm. She works hard and resumes her unfinished law degree hoping that she will get her son back. When everything settles down, she meets Mark Ko (Hacken Lee) who represented her husband for her son's case and is now her boss. He does not remember her. She is aggressive towards him and that confuses him. Eventually, they understand each other more and love sparks between them. Meanwhile, her son reappears.
The celebrated Tung Sing Cinema has a full house at all times; but who would have thought that a spot as busy as it has been haunted for a period? It is early 60’s, definitely a trying time for Hong Kong. Unemployed YING has just been given a job as a ticket-seller by the Tung Sing Cinema on her friend SUK’s recommendation. YING works very diligently and responsibly and is therefore highly regarded by her boss, YIN. However when YING keeps stating that there is an apparition around the cinema, YIN soon gets irritated. In time, YING and YIN see the spirit SIN and from her, they learn that YIN’s step-mother MUI has been having an affair with the manager of the cinema, LAI and that they have planned to seize YIN’s property. Will the Tung Sing Cinema stay haunted in the days ahead
During hard times in the Hong Kong film industry, an out-of-work actor talks a producer, writer, and an actor into making a movie together. They become gigolos to raise money for the production.
Jackie Chan: My Stunts shows some of the tricks of the trade that Jackie and his stunt team utilize to perform their stunts. This is not an endless gag reel of stunts gone wrong, but an in depth look at how timing and camera placement can make or break a shot. Jackie will show you what is done to enhance fights and protect the stuntmen from getting injured. Of course, if the character you are portraying is wearing shorts and a tank top, you just have to get hurt!
Fan (Bobby Au Yeung) heads a team of detectives in the “Special Duty Squad” responsible for investigating various prostitution practices. Fan and his subordinate Sergeant Tit (Wan Yeung Ming) have solved many cases and are well-experienced, they have dealt with cases under cover of an exclusive association; model agencies seducing innocent girls to work as prostitutes; loan sharks forcing women to pay debts by working as prostitutes. Although Fan has excellent performance at work, his family life is not happy. His wife May divorces him. He is then accused of rape by a prostitute. Detective Fung (Kennix Kwok), who is in charge of the investigation, is discontented with his behavior. When she realizes that she has misunderstood him, she gradually falls in love with him! Then, Fan and his colleagues are assigned to smash the gang led by Lung (Ngai Chun Kit). When Tit discovers that Lung is competing with him for her girlfriend Kwan (Jan Lau), she swears to put Lung behind bars.
Cheung Po-kin (Chinese: 楚原, 9/16/1934 - 2/21/2022), better known by his stage name Chor Yuen, was a Hong Kong-Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.
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