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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
    58.75%
  • 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

    Himself

  2. Josie Ho

    Herself

  3. Godfrey Ho

    Himself

  4. Bey Logan

    Himself

  5. Daniel Chan Yee-Heng

    Himself

  6. Sean Tierney

    Himself

  7. Mike Hostench

    Himself

  8. James Mudge

    Himself

  9. Calum Waddell

    Himself

  10. Amy Yip

    Herself (archive footage)

  11. Shu Qi

    Herself (archive footage)

  12. Simon Yam

    Himself (archive footage)

  13. Kam Kwok-Leung

    Himself

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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. Naomi Holwill, Calum Waddell

    Producer



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