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The Last Dance (Chinese: 破·地獄) is a 2024 Hong Kong drama film directed and written by Anselm Chan. Starring Dayo Wong, Michael Hui, Michelle Wai, and Chu Pak Hong, the film explores themes related to Hong Kong's deathcare and follows a wedding planner (Wong) who enters the funeral industry through a partnership with a traditional Taoist priest (Hui), seeking to understand the meaning of ...
Project Gutenberg (Chinese: 無雙; also released as The Counterfeiter in the United Kingdom) is a 2018 Hong Kong–Chinese crime thriller film written and directed by Felix Chong, starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok. [6] The film was theatrically released on 30 September 2018 in China and on 4 October 2018 in Hong Kong. [1]
Dynasty Warriors is a 2021 Hong Kong fantasy-action film based on the Japanese video game franchise of the same title by Omega Force and Koei Tecmo.Directed by Roy Chow, the film stars an ensemble cast from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, including Louis Koo, Carina Lau, Wang Kai, Tony Yang, Han Geng, Justin Cheung, Gulnazar and Ray Lui. [2]
Papa (Chinese: 爸爸) is a 2024 Hong Kong family drama film directed and written by Philip Yung.The film is based on the real-life 2010 Heung Wo Street murder, in which a mentally unstable son killed his mother and sister, leaving his father as the sole survivor.
[2] [5] The Chinese-Hong Kong co-production is an adaptation of the Japanese novel Kimi yo Funnu no Kawa o Watare by Juko Nishimura, which was previously adapted in a 1976 film of the same name. Woo decided to develop an adaptation to commemorate the film's star Ken Takakura , who had become a cultural icon in China after the film was the first ...
The film grossed HK$114,293,675 (£11.6 M) and became the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong to date, surpassing the 2022 film Warriors of Future. [6] The film was partly financed by the Hong Kong government's film development fund. [7] It received 10 nominations at 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards, and won Best Film. [4]
The film opened in China on 30 April 2015 and earned US$20.68 million in its four-day opening weekend, with 101,873 screenings and 3.24 million admissions, coming in fourth place at the Chinese box office behind Furious 7, You Are My Sunshine and The Left Ear. [7] In Hong Kong, the film has grossed a total of HK$15.9 million (US$2.06 million). [8]
The film, Le remarks, embodies a significant cultural undertaking, with the characters’ endeavors to maintain Hong Kong’s cultural identity set against a backdrop of socio-political change. However, Le points out a missed opportunity for the film to incorporate the rich history of its neon sign-making legacy more fully into the story.