Open AccessTwo Asian Films
Author(s) -
Hai Leong Toh
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
kinema
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2562-5764
pISSN - 1192-6252
DOI - 10.15353/kinema.vi.885
Subject(s) - sister , heaven , china , rivalry , art , mainland china , ancient history , art history , history , geography , sociology , literature , archaeology , anthropology , macroeconomics , economics
DESTINATION: 9th HEAVEN (Hong Kong-China, 1997). Dir: Wong Chun Man. Cast: Tony Leung Kar-fai, Pan Hong, Gigi Lai, Christine Ng, Sunny Chan, Lau Ying Hung.IRON SISTER (Taiwan-China, 1997). Dir: Yeh Hung-wai. Cast: Shu Qi. Destination: 9th Heaven stars Tony Leung Kar-fai (The Lover), Winston Chao (Eat Drink Man Woman) together with the Mainland Chinese veteran actress Pan Hong. Produced by the shrewd veteran actor-producer Raymond Wong, the film is a tale of love and business rivalry set in Hongkong and Tianjin (Tientsin). Iron Sister is adroitly directed by one of Taiwan's foremost New Wave filmmakers, Yeh Hung-wai who gained international prominence with a made in China film Five Girls And A Rope two years back. His latest work features the promising Taiwanese star Shu Qi (last seen in Derek Yee's satire Viva Erotica) who plays a tenacious huntress called Iron Sister Suen. The settings of both films present...