Coda

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Jing Jing Chang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Kung Fu ◽  
Hong Kong Cinema ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
Media Formats ◽  
Porous Boundaries

The coda summarizes the book’s overarching narrative and goals, and followed by a discussion of the lasting impact of Those 72 Tenants (Qishier jia fangke, dir. Wang Weiyi, 1963) and its remake, The House of 72 Tenants (Qishier jia fangke, dir. Chor Yuen, 1973), on developments in Hong Kong cinema since the 1970s as they intersect with political and social change originating during the mid-1960s disturbances. A comparative analysis of these two films demonstrates the porous boundaries across media formats as well as across social and political realms of experiences. The coda concludes with a discussion of Kung Fu Hustle (Kungfu, dir. Stephen Chow, 2004). Kung Fu Hustle, which was financed and distributed by Columbia Pictures International, can be considered as global and international. However, it is also local in its nostalgic expressions. As the book’s final case study, the film demonstrates the Hong Kong cinema’s persistence of the portrayal of a screened community and local identity. In the final analysis, the unique identity of Hong Kong cinema rests in an ongoing quest to construct and screen its distinctive local community.

Lucilla You Min and Her Embodiment of a Cosmopolitan Fantasy

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-140
Author(s):  
Erica Ka-yan Poon
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
The Body ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Hong Kong Cinema ◽  
Star Studies ◽  
Cultural Competition ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Cold War

Lucilla You Min, who acted in Japanese and Hong Kong coproduced films in the early 1960s, is a valuable case study for postwar East Asian border-crossing star studies. This article conceptualizes the body of the star as a site of constructed meaning, and argues that You Min's embodiment of cosmopolitan fantasy as constructed by the studios she worked for was fraught with corporate and cultural competition in the Cold War era. The first part examines how Japanese cinema's discourses of publicity constructed You Min's embodiment of the imaginary of tōyō—an expression of Japan's desire for a leadership role in mediating between Asia and the West. The second part analyzes how Hong Kong cinema constructed the imaginary of the cosmopolitan, embodied by You Min's seemingly natural adaptability in world travel.

scholarly journals Ageing in Place in Disaster Prone Rural Coastal Communities: A Case Study of Tai O Village in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4618
Author(s):  
Crystal Kwan ◽  
Ho Chung Tam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Disaster Situation ◽  
Rising Sea Levels

Rural coastal communities face unique disaster risks that will impact interventions throughout the disaster risk reduction (DRR) cycle (mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery). At the same time, these communities are experiencing an ageing population. As climate change contributes to rising sea levels and an increase in the intensity and frequency of climate-related disasters, older populations living in rural coastal communities face heightened risks. This is a qualitative case study examining the ageing in place (AIP) experiences of older people living in a disaster-prone rural coastal community in Hong Kong—Tai O Village. Findings highlight that: (i) a critical dimension of AIP is their ability to sustain and continue their work, which played a multidimensional role, (ii) local community-based organizations play an instrumental role in providing social support in a disaster context, (iii) more support and resources for mitigation activities are needed, and (iv) while supports exist for AIP and in a disaster situation, the older residents may not utilize such supports. In addition to informing age-friendly DRR programmes and research, these findings inform AIP practices, policies, and research relevant to rural coastal communities.

scholarly journals The Myth of Balance: Exploring Community-based Ecotourism in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 03042
Author(s):  
Dantong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Resident ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Qualitative Research Method

This paper examines the community-based ecotourism on Yim Tin Tsai which is a representative example of Hong Kong’s responsible management. The island presents a local community of the explored saltpan and natural resources. The research draws upon criticism of ecotourism in Yim Tin Tsai as a way of understanding the importance of balancing nature with the economic interests. As adopting a qualitative research method for the case study, the experience and thoughts reflected by the local resident of will be also analyzed.

The colony writes back: nationalism and collaborative coloniality in the Ip Man series

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Siu Keung Cheung ◽  
Wing Sang Law
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Kung Fu ◽  
Chinese Nationalism ◽  
Hong Kong Cinema ◽  
New Research

Purpose The majority of Hong Kong filmmakers have pursued co-production with China filmmakers for having the Mainland market at the expense of local styles and sensitivities. To many critics, the two-part series of Ip Man and Ip Man II provide a paradigmatic case of film co-production that sell the tricks of Chinese kung fu, regurgitating the overblown Chinese nationalism against Japanese and kwai-lo. The purpose of this study is to rectify such observation of the Ip Man series. Design/methodology/approach The authors read the series deconstructively as a postcolonial text in which Hong Kong identity is inscribed in the negotiated space in between different versions of Chinese nationalism. Findings The analysis points to the varying subversive features in the series from which Hong Kong’s colonial experiences are tacitly displayed, endorsed and rewritten into the Chinese nationalistic discourse whose dominance is questioned, if not debased. Originality/value This paper advances new research insights into the postcolonial reinvention of kung fu film and, by implication, the Hong Kong cinema in general.

From Killer Snakes to Taxi Hunters: Hong Kong Horror in an Exploitation Context

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Willis
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Production Line ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Kung Fu ◽  
Horror Genre ◽  
Crime Films ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Bruce Lee ◽  
Hong Kong Cinema ◽  
Visual Style

From the Shaw Brothers production line to the clones of Bruce Lee, Hong Kong cinema has long been seen as driven by raw commercial concerns. Like many other commercial film industries, most notably Hollywood, production in the Hong Kong film industry has also been focused on popular cycles of production. These have included phases when family melodramas, historical swordplay and kung-fu films, screwball comedies and triad based crime films have all proved successful at the domestic and regional box-office. As with other commercially focused film industries there has also been a low budget sector within Hong Kong industry. Here producers and directors have fashioned energetic, populist films that were designed to appeal to audiences’ desire for films that contained sex and violence. The horror genre seemed the perfect vehicle to satiate these needs. This chapter explores the work of filmmakers who worked at this rougher end of Hong Kong horror in the 80s and 90s. As well as placing them into this exploitation context of production, this chapter discusses their excessive content and the visual style employed by directors such as Kuei Chih-hung (Killer Snakes, Hex) and Herman Yau (The Untold Story, Ebola Syndrome) to deliver their exploitative content.

Public space in the old derelict city area – a case study of Mong Kok, Hong Kong

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlie Q L Xue ◽  
Kevin K Manuel ◽  
Rex H Y Chung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Space ◽  
City Area
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