Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema

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Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018)

Directed by Calum Waddell

Documentary · 1h 24m

An insightful look at the history of Hong Kong's exploitation cinema, from the early days of the Shaw Brothers and such shockers as "Killer Snakes" through to the advent of the Category III rating in 1988 and then the June 4th massacre in Beijing. The latter led to a panic in Hong Kong, before the Handover of the former UK colony to Mainland China, and a number of motion pictures proceeded to take freedom of speech (and sometimes political symbolism) to the extreme. This is the story of one of the most curious and invigorating periods in exploitation filmmaking.

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Cast

Anthony Wong Chau-sang Self Josie Ho Self Godfrey Ho Self Bey Logan Self Daniel Chan Yee-Heng Self Sean Tierney Self Mike Hostench Self
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James Mudge Self
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Calum Waddell Self Kam Kwok-Leung Self

Crew

Director
Calum Waddell
Director of Photography
Naomi Holwill
Editor
Naomi Holwill
Producer
Calum Waddell, Naomi Holwill

Details

Release date
2018-10-08
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
High Rising Productions