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.
Yi Wanwen and Jian Xuan both got married on the same day; but were abandoned by their groom and bride, and suffered the same misfortune. Afterwards, the two met several times and expressed their feelings to each other. Wanwen was on a business trip in Japan, which led to a flash marriage between the two. However, problems arose after the marriage, causing the two to separate. On the other hand, Yanli met the restaurant manager Du Rinian by chance in Macau. Although Rinian fell in love with Yanli, Yanli did not dare to be serious about Rinian, so she wanted to escape. Rinian left Yanli out of disappointment, but later Yanli was diagnosed with uterine disease. It made the two understand that neither of them wanted to lose each other. In the drama, everyone goes through various life changes, and they all reflect again and finally find the true meaning of love!
On a remote island off Hong Kong, its rich and happy inhabitants are celebrating an annual ritual by staging an operatic show. The island is not productive but its people are rich. No wonder police chief Yuan Kuei becomes suspicious. He thinks he is sitting on top of a narcotics ring. His two men are ordered to watch closely movement of the opera people. Little does the chief know that actually the islanders are living off the loot their ancestors made by raiding a government gold galleon some centuries ago. They buried much of the treasure and a dormant vampire under a pagoda......
An idealistic hospital intern contends with cost-cutting measures and endemic corruption while lusting after a sweet social worker who just happens to be the lover of the facility's crooked administrator.
Amy plays Evil Girl, who must suck the sperm of 100 virgin boys born at 10 o'clock in order to become immortal. When we first see her, she is stalking victim number 98, whilst being stalked herself by a wizard who seeks to destroy her.
The Playgirls, a band represented by the diminutive rock enthusiast Teddy, are just performing in a bar when trouble starts. He finds a dying girl in his van; she is a spy who had just taped a film negative onto the oblivious Teddy’s poster. Two Japanese hitmen hired to get her and the negative believe that Teddy is a spy also and start to follow him. A beautiful woman from the same organization, who later claims to be a double agent, is also after him, and he is easily victimized by her games - despite protection offered to him by a rival organization.
In Jail House, Blackie has concocted a perfect escape plan. Then wardress 5354 is killed by accident when making love. She becomes the bad ghost, in contrast to the good ghost who dies in a previous escape attempt. Finally, the chief warden, the interior decorators, Blackie and the good ghost come to an agreement. They would get the chief warden's girl friend, the exorcist, to banish the bad ghost. To leave quietly too are Blackie and the good ghost...
Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy like dying isn't going to stop them from their Canadian dreams, but it turns out migrating in the next life takes money, too. In order to raise funds to head west, the Lings return to the mortal world and get to work making money through various jobs, raising plenty of hilarious havoc and misunderstandings along the way.
Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always ready to help those who need it. Therefore, he decides to help the new store employee, a fat Shan (Maria Cordero), which the evil boss (Richard Ng) forced to jump on the trampoline to the delight of visitors. His plan fails miserably, and Mai Bao, along with Shan, is fired-but the cheerful Mai Bao is accustomed to seeing positive in absolutely any situation.
The first of the three titles in the screwball Hong Kong "Hearts" series. Alex, a creative director, temporarily fills in as conductor for a choir. Two playful kids give him a big headache. One of them is Wei Man. Her mother is a neurotic single parent. She believes that Alex has an illicit desire towards Man and nearly takes him to task for it. She eventually discovers that Alex is a gentleman and mutual attraction blossoms into a love affair. Soon after, Alex's ex-girlfriend comes back to him, wanting to patch up their relationship. He is torn and must decide between the two.
Amy Yip Chi-Mei (Cantonese: 葉子楣) is an actress who was one of the leading sex symbols of Hong Kong Cinema in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Yip is best known for her roles in Hong Kong Category III films such as Sex and Zen and Erotic Ghost Story. Sex and Zen is the highest grossing Category III movie in the history of Hong Kong box office.
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