SHANGHAI BLUES (1984)
上海之夜
Director/Producer: Tsui Hark
Screenplay: To Kwok Wai, John Chan
Cinematographer: Ngor Chi Kwan
Music: James Wong
Cast: Sylvia Chang, Kenny Bee, Sally Yeh, Loletta Li
It all starts off one fateful
night in 1937. Shu and Kwok, a young soldier, meet under the Soochow
Bridge in Shanghai, where they have been sheltering from the bombing of
the city by Japanese planes. In the semi-darkness, though unable to see
each other clearly, the two young people experience an immediate
attraction to each other, and vow to meet again when the war is over,
under the same bridge.
It is now 1947, ten years have lapsed since that first encounter between Kwok and Shu. Kwok, actually a budding song writer waiting for his big break, has returned to his former profession as a clown, in partnership with his uncle. Shu is now a mature woman working as a showgirl in a night club.
Later Siu (Sally Yeh), a young girl looking for her relatives though her efforts are in vain. To make things worse, she is pickpocketed and Kwok who witnesses the event, retrieves her money but is unable to catch up with her. Desperate, Siu is lucky enough to come across Shu, who takes her into her own home where the two soon form a close, sisterly relationship.
The strange workings of fate have
it that Kwok should happen to move into the same building, right above the
two women. First, Siu meets Kwok again, and this time she falls for him.
Then it's Shu's turn to bump into Kwok and once again they are drawn to
each other, though they are unaware that they have met before. However,
Shu knows of Siu's feelings for Kwok and decides not to
interfere.
In the meantime, an assortment of odd characters, representing a cross-section of Shanghai society, enter the scene to add a bit of spice and humour to our threesome's already complicated lives. One of them is Mr. X, a fat cat businessman who plans to seduce Siu, who has since become a bit of a celebrity, having won, totally by accident, the Calendar Pin-up Queen beauty contest. We also meet Wu, the night club manager, a nice guy though a bit passe, who has been a long-time admirer of Shu.
The story reaches a climax during the night of a blackout in the city. Kwok and Shu finally "rediscover" each other, realising at last who each other really is. Ecstatic, Shu returns home only to find an equally happy Siu, who is already planning her future with Kwok. Sacrificing her own happiness for Siu's, Shu accepts Wu's offer to accompany him to Hong Kong.The film moves into its finale with Kwok chasing after Shu, all the way to the train station, with Siu following behind him. the last we see of Kwok, he manages to jump onto the train as it leaves. Siu is left behind on the platform. All's well that ends well? - for some.
She is also a double agent, working on behalf of the forces of
democracy during the revolutionary period that ended the Ching dynasty and
ushered in modern China.
This award winning film is breathtakingly
beautiful while eerily haunting. This is a classic story which tells of
the love between a man and a ghost and is loosely adapted from a book of
horror short stories written some one thousand years ago.
But Nie is in fact a ghost, and is controlled by the
thousand-year-old tree monster Lau Lau (Lau Siu Ming), who has been
forcing Nie to provide him with fresh blood from young men. When Lau Lau
learns of Nie's failure to kill Ning and her subsequent betrayal, he is
furious and sends a horde of ghosts, vampires and monsters to destroy Nie
and Ning. fortunately Yen comes to their rescue, and after a fight that
turns the world upside down, the couple is saved and Lau Lau is seriously
hurt. Ning finally realises Nie is a body without a soul, but still
pledges his love for her.
against the Stone Ogre,
but Ning
begs to sacrifice his life in order to save Nie. Yen is utterly moved and
agrees to help.
Sung Tse Ho (Ti Lung) is serving his life imprisonment
for his money forgery and homicide convictions. One day, he is summoned to
the Commercial Crime Bureau's Chief Inspector, K. H. Wu, who promises to
reduce Sung's sentence in return for his service as an undercover agent to
one of the world's largest money forgery criminal groups in Hong Kong.
Wu's preliminary target of investigation is the Lun's Shipyard, which is
headed by Lun Sei (Dean Shek).
Kit follows their trail to protect the two men. After several twists and
turns, the trio triumph over the villains at the expense of Kit's life.
Both Mark and Mun cannot conceal the lingering melancholy in their
reminiscence of a legend that lives on.
Lee wants to save John's life and
requests John to hold him hostage in order to escape. At last, John is
finally shot to death by the police. And Lee promises John in his last
words to take care of Jennie and sends her to America for her eye
treatment.
Ngok uses his daughter as
a shield but Coral is saved by Yam in the nick of time.
Master Wong Fey Hong is famed for being
one of the Ten Tigers of Guangzhou Province, and is the Chief Coach of the
Black Flag Army which is led by Commander Lau. Lau is sent to fight the
French Army in Vietnam and directs Wong to turn part of the Black Flag
Army into a local militia. However, the new commander of the area sees Lau
and Wong as a political threat and thus, tries to close down Wong's
martial arts school and disband the militia.
suspects a creature-instigated conspiracy to
destroy human life and take over the world.
In a
confrontation with Shudo, Taki is forced to battle an array of
lethal creatures: Nen, a liquid-form being; and Cleo and Shu,
creatures that can absorb an type of matter and transform it into
weapons of destruction.
Cheung Ching
Wong Fey Hong (Jet Li), a martial arts master, arrives
in Canton with Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan) and Fu (Mok Siu Chung) for a
convention on Chinese and Western medicine. At this convention, he meets
Sun Yat Sen (Zhang Tie Lin) and Luke (David Chiang), and there is an
immediate mutual respect and shared opinion as to how to help China's
development in the world.
destroy everything western.
Wong now only needs to take back
confidential information for the revolutionists before it falls into the
hands of the authorities, but unfortunately they are surrounded by the
Chinese troops. The film concludes with a bitter and bloody climatic duel
between Wong and Commander Lan (Yen Chi Tan), displaying one of the most
exciting action sequences on screen.
Wong Fey Hong (Jet Li), Aunt Yee (Rosamund
Kwan) and Fu (Mok Siu Chung) are going to Beijing to visit Wong's father,
Wong Kei Ying (Lau Shun) and to help in the opening of his medicine
factory Po Chi Lum. The moment Wong Fey Hong arrives in Beijing, he finds
that the atmosphere is heavy with death. There are fights around every
corner and the smell of blood fills his nostrils. Even Wong Kei Ying is
beaten up because he possesses the skill to compete in the Lion King
Competition.
Chuk's father thinks that his
plan will be fool-proof because he is seeking the help of Madam Yuen
(Vicky Liu Rey Chi), the same school mistress who has taken care of Madam
Chuk during her stay in the college, tolook after his daughter. But Sung
Yee College is not longer the same school as it used to be. Compared to
its earlier days, the enrollment has increased from the thirty some odd
students to over three hundred students. The curriculum has also shifted
from an indoor only format to include outdoor physical exercises as well.
For the young and active Ying Toi, this serves to unleash her outgoing
personality which has been suppressed by tradition and a strict
upbringing. her new found freedom gives her a feeling of confidence and
independence which she will not have been able to conceive
otherwise.
revealed. At this very moment, a burst of heavy rain pours down and washes
off her heavy makeup. Suddenly, the entire world seems to be shaking, and
Leung's grave splits open. Ying Toi immediately leaps into the grave. All
of a sudden, the commotion stops. On the surface, it appears that the
world is now a tranquil place, but the spirits of Ying Toi and Leung and
the force of true love fill the air... the memory of their star-crossed
tragedy will remain with us forever.
The team of
Sun and Wai, under the guidance of Master Kit, rolls head-on into
the competition that Wong Wing thinks that he is bagged. Wong Wing
relentless pursuit of win has ordered his men to attack and destroy
their food preparations... but the good guys always win. Over the
three's course of competition, Both Kit's and Wong's team hold one
day's winning... meaning the third day will be duel day. As both
teams get ready for the final course of monkey brain in the famed
Chinese Feast competition, the pressure on Kit's team... as they all
have hot rides on this eventful day.