The literal “strawman” at the centre of Wang Tung’s colonial era satire is a scarecrow who occasionally narrates the events of this small village where, he laments, almost all the young men have be…
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Hill of No Return (無言的山丘, Wang Tung, 1992)
Orphaned brothers determined to own their own land join the gold rush but find only defeat and exploitation amid colonial oppression in Wang’s historical epic
Athens Marathon 1987
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The Mannequin House Murders / 人形館の殺人
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Asakusa no yoru / 浅草の夜 (‘Asakusa at Night’, 1954)
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Robinson’s Garden (ロビンソンの庭, Masashi Yamamoto, 1987)
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Executioners (現代豪俠傳, Johnnie To & Tony Ching Siu-Tung, 1993)
The Heroic Trio find themselves scattered in a post-apocalyptic landscape in a much less hopeful sequel to Johnnie To’s comic book wuxia.
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