hongkong &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:hongkong @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:55:45 +0200 拳精 [Quan jing / Spiritual Kung Fu] (Wei Lo, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-sh1z <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 拳精 [Quan jing / Spiritual Kung Fu] (Wei Lo, 1978)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 拳精 (1978).png)/div div class="caption" Jackie Chan balances three bowls and a small bench Jackie Chan style. DP: Jung-Shu Chen./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #WeiLo #JackieChan #WenTaiLi #DeanShek #JamesTien #LiPengWan #KuangYuWang #ChingWong #WangYao #BiaoYuen #FrankieChan #JungShuChen #MartialArts #action #ghosts #HongKong #Taiwan #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

拳精 [Quan jing / Spiritual Kung Fu] (Wei Lo, 1978)

Oct

3

拳精 (1978)

Jackie Chan balances three bowls and a small bench Jackie Chan style. DP: Jung-Shu Chen.

 

#FilmDinner #WeiLo #JackieChan #WenTaiLi #DeanShek #JamesTien #LiPengWan #KuangYuWang #ChingWong #WangYao #BiaoYuen #FrankieChan #JungShuChen #MartialArts #action #ghosts #HongKong #Taiwan #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-sh1z Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:41:06 +0200 墮落天使 [Do lok tin si / Fallen Angels] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1995) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rlbt <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 墮落天使 [Do lok tin si / Fallen Angels] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1995)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" yellow/div div class="img" Do lok tin si (1995)/div div class="caption" The killer's agent (Michelle Reis) rides an escalator in a yellow and black underground station. She wears an all-black outfit and yellow nail polish (via). DP: Christopher Doyle./div div class="txt" Yellow: a building or structure "Just when I really needed a raincoat, he returned to my side. It would be so great if it could rain forever." ### – Punkie the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #yellow #colours #WongKarWai #LeonLai #MichelleReis #TakeshiKaneshiro #Charlie Yeung #KarenMok #FaiHungChan #ManLeiChan #FrankieChan #RoelAGarcía #ChristopherDoyle #HongKong #1990s/div /section ]]>

墮落天使 [Do lok tin si / Fallen Angels] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1995)

Aug

7

yellow

Do lok tin si (1995)

The killer's agent (Michelle Reis) rides an escalator in a yellow and black underground station. She wears an all-black outfit and yellow nail polish (via). DP: Christopher Doyle.

Yellow: a building or structure*

“Just when I really needed a raincoat, he returned to my side. It would be so great if it could rain forever.”

– Punkie

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #yellow #colours #WongKarWai #LeonLai #MichelleReis #TakeshiKaneshiro #Charlie Yeung #KarenMok #FaiHungChan #ManLeiChan #FrankieChan #RoelAGarcía #ChristopherDoyle #HongKong #1990s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rlbt Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0200 點指兵兵 [Dian zhi bing bing / Cops and Robbers] (Kwok-Ming Cheung, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/onthisdate-july-15-dian-zhi-bing-bing-dian-zhi-bing-bing-aka-cops-and-robbers <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 點指兵兵 [Dian zhi bing bing / Cops and Robbers] (Kwok-Ming Cheung, 1979)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 點指兵兵 (1979)/div div class="caption" /div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #KwokMingCheung #action #crime #HongKong #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

點指兵兵 [Dian zhi bing bing / Cops and Robbers] (Kwok-Ming Cheung, 1979)

Jul

15

點指兵兵 (1979)

#FilmDuJour #July #KwokMingCheung #action #crime #HongKong #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/onthisdate-july-15-dian-zhi-bing-bing-dian-zhi-bing-bing-aka-cops-and-robbers Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0200 蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/gu-1981 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 蠱 (1981)/div div class="caption" Exorcising demons. DP: Hsin-Yeh Li./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #ChihHungKuei #JenHouSu #EddieWang #HsinYehLi #ShawBrothers #horror #HongKong #Thailand #1980s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981)

Jun

30

蠱 (1981)

Exorcising demons. DP: Hsin-Yeh Li.

#FilmDuJour #June #ChihHungKuei #JenHouSu #EddieWang #HsinYehLi #ShawBrothers #horror #HongKong #Thailand #1980s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/gu-1981 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 666魔鬼復活 [666 moh gwai fuk wut / Satan's Return] (Wai-Lun Lam, 1996) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/666mo-gui-fu-huo-1996 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 666魔鬼復活 [666 moh gwai fuk wut / Satan's Return] (Wai-Lun Lam, 1996)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 666魔鬼復活 (1996)/div div class="caption" Chan Shou-Ching (Chingmy Yau) (via). DP: Siu-Keung Cheng./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #WaiLunLam #ChingmyYau #FrancisNg #DonnieYen #TommyWai #SiuKeungCheng #horror #HongKong #1990s/div /section ]]>

666魔鬼復活 [666 moh gwai fuk wut / Satan's Return] (Wai-Lun Lam, 1996)

Jun

6

666魔鬼復活 (1996)

Chan Shou-Ching (Chingmy Yau) (via). DP: Siu-Keung Cheng.

#FilmDuJour #June #WaiLunLam #ChingmyYau #FrancisNg #DonnieYen #TommyWai #SiuKeungCheng #horror #HongKong #1990s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/666mo-gui-fu-huo-1996 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 重慶森林 [Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-prr8 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 重慶森林 [Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" freebie: April/div div class="img" 重慶森林 (1994)/div div class="caption" Eating pineapple, expiration date May 1. DPs: Christopher Doyle & Wai Keung Lau./div div class="txt" A film set in April. "We split up on April Fool's Day. So I decided to let the joke run for a month. Every day I buy a can of pineapple with a sell-by date of May 1. May loves pineapple, and May 1 is my birthday. If May hasn't changed her mind by the time I've bought thirty cans, then our love will also expire." ### – He Zhiwu, Cop 223 /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #April #WongKarWai #BrigitteLin #TonyLeungChiuWai #FayeWong #TakeshiKaneshiro #ValerieChow #PiggyChan #FrankieChan #MichaelGalasso #RoelAGarcía #ChristopherDoyle #WaiKeungLau #romance #crime #drama #comedy #pineapple #fruit #food #HongKong #1990s/div /section ]]>

重慶森林 [Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)

Apr

28

freebie: April

重慶森林 (1994)

Eating pineapple, expiration date May 1. DPs: Christopher Doyle & Wai Keung Lau.

A film set in April.

“We split up on April Fool's Day. So I decided to let the joke run for a month. Every day I buy a can of pineapple with a sell-by date of May 1. May loves pineapple, and May 1 is my birthday. If May hasn't changed her mind by the time I've bought thirty cans, then our love will also expire.”

– He Zhiwu, Cop 223

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #April #WongKarWai #BrigitteLin #TonyLeungChiuWai #FayeWong #TakeshiKaneshiro #ValerieChow #PiggyChan #FrankieChan #MichaelGalasso #RoelAGarcía #ChristopherDoyle #WaiKeungLau #romance #crime #drama #comedy #pineapple #fruit #food #HongKong #1990s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-prr8 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 花樣年華 [Fa yeung nin wah / In the Mood for Love] (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ln78 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 花樣年華 [Fa yeung nin wah / In the Mood for Love] (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" Irish-American Heritage Month/div div class="img" 花樣年華 (2000)/div div class="caption" A close-up of a pea-green phone with Mrs. Chan's (Maggie Cheung) hands resting on the receiver. Her dress is a bright green, with an abstract graphic in white. DPs: Christopher Doyle, Pun Leung Kwan & Ping Bin Lee./div div class="txt" Green for Irish-American Heritage Month (USA) "He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct." ### – caption /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth #colours #green #WongKarWai #MaggieCheung #TonyLeungChiuWai #MichaelGalasso #ShigeruUmebayashi #ChristopherDoyle #PunLeungKwan #PingBinLee #drama #romance #HongKong #France #2000s/div /section ]]>

花樣年華 [Fa yeung nin wah / In the Mood for Love] (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

Mar

17

Irish-American Heritage Month

花樣年華 (2000)

A close-up of a pea-green phone with Mrs. Chan's (Maggie Cheung) hands resting on the receiver. Her dress is a bright green, with an abstract graphic in white. DPs: Christopher Doyle, Pun Leung Kwan & Ping Bin Lee.

Green for Irish-American Heritage Month (USA)

“He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.”

– caption

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth #colours #green #WongKarWai #MaggieCheung #TonyLeungChiuWai #MichaelGalasso #ShigeruUmebayashi #ChristopherDoyle #PunLeungKwan #PingBinLee #drama #romance #HongKong #France #2000s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ln78 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 行者 [Jingang Jing / Walker] (Tsai Ming-liang, 2012) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jingang-jing-2012 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 行者 [Jingang Jing / Walker] (Tsai Ming-liang, 2012)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" बोधि/div div class="img" 行者 (2012)/div div class="caption" The monk (Kang-sheng Lee) walking Hong Kong. DP: Tsai Ming-liang./div div class="txt" A Buddhist theme for Bodhi Day. "The reason why I wanted to do something like the Walker series is rooted in my obsession with the idea of Xuanzang, and the characteristics of the times he lived. There was no car, no train, no airplane, and no cell phone. He just walked." ### – Tsai Ming-liang, via /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #Bodhi #TsaiMingLiang #KangShengLee #religion #Buddhism #ShortFilm #SlowCinema #HongKong #2010s/div /section ]]>

行者 [Jingang Jing / Walker] (Tsai Ming-liang, 2012)

Dec

8

बोधि

行者 (2012)

The monk (Kang-sheng Lee) walking Hong Kong. DP: Tsai Ming-liang.

A Buddhist theme for Bodhi Day.

“The reason why I wanted to do something like the Walker series is rooted in my obsession with the idea of Xuanzang, and the characteristics of the times he lived. There was no car, no train, no airplane, and no cell phone. He just walked.”

– Tsai Ming-liang, via

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Bodhi #TsaiMingLiang #KangShengLee #religion #Buddhism #ShortFilm #SlowCinema #HongKong #2010s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jingang-jing-2012 Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:13:22 +0100 玉羅剎 [Yu luo cha / The Jade Raksha] (Meng-Hua Ho, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fl6n <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 玉羅剎 [Yu luo cha / The Jade Raksha] (Meng-Hua Ho, 1968)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" peanuts/div div class="img" 玉羅剎 (1968)/div div class="caption" Leng Chiu-han's hand (Pei-Pei Cheng) holds up a roasted peanut in the shell. On the table several more peanuts, empty shells, wine cups, and chopsticks. DP: Kuo-Hsiang Lin./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #peanuts #MengHuaHo #PeiPeiCheng #ChingTang #SammoKamBoHung #FuLingWang #KuoHsiangLin #action #MartialArts #drama #revenge #ShawBrothers #HongKong #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

玉羅剎 [Yu luo cha / The Jade Raksha] (Meng-Hua Ho, 1968)

Jul

20

peanuts

玉羅剎 (1968)

Leng Chiu-han's hand (Pei-Pei Cheng) holds up a roasted peanut in the shell. On the table several more peanuts, empty shells, wine cups, and chopsticks. DP: Kuo-Hsiang Lin.

#FilmDinner #peanuts #MengHuaHo #PeiPeiCheng #ChingTang #SammoKamBoHung #FuLingWang #KuoHsiangLin #action #MartialArts #drama #revenge #ShawBrothers #HongKong #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fl6n Sat, 20 Jul 2024 17:09:52 +0200 破戒 [Po jie / Broken Oath] (Chang-hwa Jeong, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/po-jie-1977 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 破戒 [Po jie / Broken Oath] (Chang-hwa Jeong, 1977)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 24/div div class="occasion" noodles/div div class="img" 破戒 (1977)/div div class="caption" A large man at an eatery gulps down bowl after bowl of delicious noodles. He's at number seven with bowl eight ready to go. DPs: Tieh Wang & Yung-Lung Wang./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #noodles #ChangHwaJeong #AngelaMao #SammoKamBoHung #FrankieChan #TiehWang #YungLungWang #action #MartialArts #revenge #drama #HongKong #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

破戒 [Po jie / Broken Oath] (Chang-hwa Jeong, 1977)

Feb

24

noodles

破戒 (1977)

A large man at an eatery gulps down bowl after bowl of delicious noodles. He's at number seven with bowl eight ready to go. DPs: Tieh Wang & Yung-Lung Wang.

#FilmDinner #noodles #ChangHwaJeong #AngelaMao #SammoKamBoHung #FrankieChan #TiehWang #YungLungWang #action #MartialArts #revenge #drama #HongKong #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/po-jie-1977 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 11:10:27 +0100