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Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

6.8 47 mins Documentary   TV Movie   2003
Bang Productions   Celestial Pictures   Independent Film Channel  
Director(s): Ian Taylor

Filmmaker Ian Taylor examines the impressive legacy of Hong Kong cinema -- specifically, how martial arts crossed borders and become an international phenomenon -- with the help of footage and interviews with the stars who made the genre what it is today. Director Lau Ka Leung (who helmed The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) joins in, sharing his thoughts on how certain cinematic technologies have improved martial arts films and expanded their appeal, on the set of Drunken Monkey (2003).

Casts of Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

Jackie Chan

as Self

Jet Li

as Self

John Woo

as Self

Sammo Hung

as Self

Sek Kin

as Self

Lau Kar-Leung

as Self

Shannon Yao

as Self

Run Run Shaw

as Self (archive footage)

Chor Yuen

as Self

Leung Ting

as Self

Bruce Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Dr. Ng Ho

as Self

Jim Nicholson

as Narrator

Chui Chung-Hok

as Self

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