Allen Fong
Also Known As: 方育平, Allen Fong Yuk-Ping, Fong Yuk-Ping
Biography: Allen Fong Yuk-ping (方育平) (born July 10, 1947) is a film director and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong New Wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His cinematic style is highly influenced by Italian neorealism. He also usually uses personal or real-life stories as the basis for his films. Despite his limited number of productions, he is one of the directors to have won "Best Director" three times at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Others who share this achievement are Ann Hui and Johnnie To. He won in 1982 for Father and Son. His 1983 film Ah Ying was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
Birthday: July 10, 1947
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Golden Girls
Overview: A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong film industry.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-11-16
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Just Like Weather
Overview: Allen Fong portrays the strains of marriage through the eyes of a young couple.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-10-29
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Overview: This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike any sci-fi flick you've ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, superstardom, and the reality of science fiction itself is spotlighted in this bright, crazy, truly out of this world epic -- one of the more unusual movies in the Hong Kong cinema of the early 1980s. And if you know 80's Hong Kong cinema at all, you know that's really saying something!
Genres: Music Comedy Science Fiction Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-02-12
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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Overview: A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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The Devil’s Box
Overview: Director Tong orders a box to be moved during a shoot. His only thought was move a mound of snow to make the scene look a little better. His crew warn him it's a devil's box, but move it anyway. The first guy to pick up the box dies shortly after, having accidentally fallen off a roof. Tong's work declines, as does his health. He is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and begins to be pursued by… something evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-04-21
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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Overview: An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading directors and academics, the film examines topics such as male bonding in kung fu movies, depictions of same-sex bonding and physical intimacy, the emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas, and the career of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-06-04
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Summer Snow
Overview: Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-05-04
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Shanghai Blues
Overview: In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't know each other's name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-10-11
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Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
Overview: Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-08
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