Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)

ALL 10/08/2018 (en) Documentary 84 Min
  • Release
    10/08/2018
  • Production
    High Rising Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    59%
  • Original title
    Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

An insightful look at the history of Hong Kong's exploitation cinema, from the early days of the Shaw Brothers and such shockers as "Killer Snakes" through to the advent of the Category III rating in 1988 and then the June 4th massacre in Beijing. The latter led to a panic in Hong Kong, before the Handover of the former UK colony to Mainland China, and a number of motion pictures proceeded to take freedom of speech (and sometimes political symbolism) to the extreme. This is the story of one of the most curious and invigorating periods in exploitation filmmaking.

  1. Calum Waddell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Naomi Holwill

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

    Self

  2. Josie Ho

    Self

  3. Godfrey Ho

    Self

  4. Bey Logan

    Self

  5. Daniel Chan Yee-Heng

    Self

  6. Sean Tierney

    Self

  7. Mike Hostench

    Self

  8. James Mudge

    Self

  9. Calum Waddell

    Self

  10. Amy Yip

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Shu Qi

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Simon Yam

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Kam Kwok-Leung

    Self

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 13 , Crews : 5

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Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018) 84 Min

ALL 10/08/2018 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 10/08/2018
  • Production
    High Rising Productions
  • Original title Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

An insightful look at the history of Hong Kong's exploitation cinema, from the early days of the Shaw Brothers and such shockers as "Killer Snakes" through to the advent of the Category III rating in 1988 and then the June 4th massacre in Beijing. The latter led to a panic in Hong Kong, before the Handover of the former UK colony to Mainland China, and a number of motion pictures proceeded to take freedom of speech (and sometimes political symbolism) to the extreme. This is the story of one of the most curious and invigorating periods in exploitation filmmaking.

  1. Calum Waddell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Naomi Holwill

    Editor

  4. Calum Waddell, Naomi Holwill

    Producer