How Hong Kong’s Category III adult film industry is laid bare in 2 films that offer a different perspective

Directed by Derek Yee Tung-sing, one of Hong Kong’s most respected directors, the film is a clever light drama that offers insight into the nature of artistic compromise, the differences of perception between producers, directors and investors, and the daily life of Hong Kong’s low-budget filmmakers in the 1990s. Along with big names like Leslie … Read more

Costume martial arts meets slapstick comedy in Stephen Chow and Wong Jing’s Royal Tramp and sequel Royal Tramp II

Here we talk to expert on Asian films Frank Djeng, who provided the audio commentary for the Eureka Entertainment release of both films. The martial arts sequences are choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-tung, who set the style for the wuxia revival films of the early 1990s, and are as good as those in some non-comedic … Read more