Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
2018
- Calum Waddell
- 1h 24m
- October 8, 2018 · Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 8, 2018
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Chinese, English, Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong, United Kingdom
- Production
- High Rising Productions
- Cast
- Mike Hostench,Kam Kwok-Leung,James Mudge,Sean Tierney,Bey Logan,Josie Ho,Calum Waddell,Daniel Chan Yee-Heng,Godfrey Ho,Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
- Director
- Calum Waddell
- Producer
- Calum Waddell,Naomi Holwill
- Cinematography
- Naomi Holwill
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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