MonkeyPeaches' Monthly Recap - Movies Released In July (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

July 31, 2004

China (mainland)  

Other Releases:

Hidden Assassin (USA)

Love Of May (Taiwan)

A Marvellous Detective (Hong Kong)

Throwdown (Hong Kong)

 

Shi Mian Mai Fu (lit.: Ambushed from ten sides) / House Of Flying Daggers

A young girl's journey through love, enmity, promise and betrayal...

 

Written by Zhang Yimou, Wang Bin and Li Feng; directed by Zhang Yimou; starring Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau.

 

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Zi Yu Zi Le (lit.: Self entertainment) / Master Of Everything (a.k.a Bamboo Shoot)

A villager is organizing the production of his own martial-art epic and everything is part of a plan to get the girl of his dream.

 

Written and produced by Sara Chen, Directed by Li Xin, starring John Lone, CoCo Lee, Tao Hong and Xia Yu,.

 

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Gu Zhai Mei Ying (lit.: Old house, Ghostly figure) / Fearful 24 Hours)

An old house, some scary phenomena, and a group of people...

 

Directed by Long Songsheng; starring Eddie Kwan, Zheng Jiaxin, Waise Lee, Karen Tong, Chen Guantai, Wong Chi-Yeung and Chen Jiameizi.

 

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Hong Kong  

Other Releases:

The Chronicles Of Riddick (USA)

La Femme de chambre du Titanic (France / Spain / Italy / Germany)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (USA)

House Of Flying Daggers (China)

I, Robot (USA)

King Arthur (USA)

Spiderman 2 (USA)

Taegukgi (South Korea)

When Ruoma Was Seventeen (China)

Jian Niang San Bao / Three Of A Kind

A wuxia novelist, his daughter and his daughter's boss who she has been in love with...

 

Directed by Joe Ma; starring Miriam Yeung, Lau Ching-Wan and Michael Hui.

 

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Rou Dao Long Hu Bang (lit.: Judo ranking list) / Throwdown

The story of a nightclub band leader, who retired from judo arena years ago. A new kid comes for a challenge, a rival comes for a unfinished match, and a senior master comes for a chance of saving his failing judo club...

 

Directed by Johnnie To, starring Aaron Kwok, Luis Koo, Leung Ka-Fai and Jordan Chan.

 

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Taiwan  

Other Releases:

Amator (Poland)

Ararat (Canada / France)

Breaking News (Hong Kong)

The Chronicles Of Riddick (USA)

Deathwatch (Germany / UK)

Deep Loves (South Korea)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (USA)

Garfield (USA)

House Of Flying Daggers (China)

I, Robot (USA)

Kaze No Jūtan (Japan / Iran)

King Arthur (USA)

Lundi Matin (France / Italy)

Magician Of The Silver Sky (Japan)

Mean Girls (USA)

Michel Vaillant (France)

Mon-Rak Transistor (Thailand)

The Prince & Me (USA)

Reconstruction (Denmark)

Scent Of Love (South Korea)

Taegukgi (South Korea)

Twilight Samurai (Japan)

Vozvrashcheniye (Russia)

Wu Yue Zhi Lian / Love Of May

A boy is co-running the official site of May Day, a boy band from Taiwan, and imposing as a band member to answer fan mails. One day a girl from northern Chinese city Harbin drops in...

 

Directed by Hsu Hsiao-Ming, starring Chen Bo-Lin, Liu Yifei, Tian Feng and May Day.

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