Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen

Overview

A short action film interwoven into a documentary tells the story of the legendary unsung heroes of Hong Kong film, the stuntmen and women. This film features the world's most illustrious stuntmen, and many current working stuntmen, profiled through interviews and clips that showcase their work. It explores their death-defying feats and foolhardy working methods and traces their origin back to the original Hong Kong stuntmen known as "red trousers" - a term used to describe acrobats in Peking Opera. By incorporating the martial arts, fantasy, adventure short action film, "Lost Time," the viewer is given an actual account of how stunts are created and executed on film.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 4, 2003

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Cantonese

Cast

Lau Kar-Leung,Alice Lee,Keith Cooke,Sammo Hung Kam-Bo,Robin Shou

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0360921