Movies: Allen Fong
- 1984
Shanghai Blues (1984)
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In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't know each other's name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes ...
- 1989
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
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A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong...
- 1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)
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An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading ...
- 1995
Summer Snow (1995)
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Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family....
- 1983
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1983)
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This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike any sci-fi flick you've ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, superstardom, and the reality of science fiction itself is spotlighted in this brig...
- 1995
The Golden Girls (1995)
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A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong film industry....
- 1981
Father and Son (1981)
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A young man dreamed of a career in comics and movies. But his father would rather gave up all he had in order to let him receive formal education....
- 1983
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983)
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Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture....
- 1978
Below the Lion Rock: Choice Of Dreams (1978)
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Several women from Taiwan came to Hong Kong in search of their dreams. Blessed with a beautiful voice, Lin Mei-Yun (Lam Kin-Ming) dreamt of making the leap from lounge singer to pop star....
- 1983
Ah Ying (1983)
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Chronicles the growth of a young woman as she dabbles in Hong Kong’s independent film scene. Based in part on Hui’s real-life experiences....
- 1977
Below the Lion Rock: Ode To Un Chau Chai (1977)
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In the 1970s, the boat people of Un Chau Chai in Tai Po lived in wooden huts in extremely cramped and horrible conditions. "Ode To Un Chau Chai" tells the story of boatman Dai-Shing, a gambling addict whose wife works her fingers to the bone to suppo...
- 1978
Below the Lion Rock: Old Plough (1978)
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Small rice shop proprietor old Plough is still unmarried despite being in his fifties. When he marries a Thai bride for just ten thousand-odd dollars, he discovers that his wife was pregnant prior to coming to Hong Kong....
- 1977
Below the Lion Rock: Wild Child (1977)
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A young boy explores Hong Kong after staying at with his sick Grandmother....
- 1998
A Little Life-Opera (1998)
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The story of a part-time opera troupe in coastal Fujian province of China and their struggles....
- 1990
Dancing Bull (1990)
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In this story, a dancer with one of the more conservative Chinese troupes is increasingly frustrated with their stodgy repertoire, and she and her photographer boyfriend want to start a new, more innovative company. They go to the moneymen and eventu...
- 1984
The Devil’s Box (1984)
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Director Tong orders a box to be moved during a shoot. His only thought was move a mound of snow to make the scene look a little better. His crew warn him it's a devil's box, but move it anyway. The first guy to pick up the box dies shortly after, ha...
- 1979
Below the Lion Rock: New Life (1979)
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After being released from prison, repeat offender Lam Sai-Song received neither compassion from his family nor acceptance by friends and relatives. Nevertheless he refused to give up on himself......
- 1986
Just Like Weather (1986)
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Allen Fong portrays the strains of marriage through the eyes of a young couple....
- 1978
Below the Lion rock: Nightwalker (1978)
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A reporter seeing every dark side of human existence. One night, an innocent young boy made him smile for the first time in a long while. But when he subsequently covered a traffic accident, the victim turned out to be…....