Opening This Week: November 29 - December 5 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

December 5, 2008

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Other Films

 

 
         

 

 

 
         

 

 

 
 

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Forever Enthralled / Mei Lan Fang (Mandarin)

 

(China / Taiwan / Hong Kong)

 

(December 5, 2008)

 

A bio-pic of Mei Lanfang, the greatest Beijing opera artist, how he rises as a star, how he has a short-lived marriage with another Beijing opera artist, and how he survives the Japanese occupation.

 

Director Chen Kaige makes a grand return with Mei Lanfang, after the disastrous The Promise. Story of Chen Kaige's classic Farewell My Concubine (1993) was loosely inspired by but not based on Mei Lanfang's life story.

 

Directed by: CHEN Kaige,
Written by: YAN Geling, CHEN Kaige, CHEN Kuo-fu,
Starring: Leon LAI, ZHANG Ziyi, CHEN Hong, YU Shaoqun, SUN Honglei, WANG Xueqi, YING Da, Masanobu ANDO, LI Shengsu, PAN Yueming.

Produced by China Film Group (Beijing), CMC Entertainment (Taipei), Emperor Motion Pictures (Hong Kong).

 

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Legendary Assassin / Long Nga (Cantonese) / Lang Ya (Mandarin) / Wolf Fang (literal)

 

(Hong Kong / China)

 

(December 4, 2008)

 

In a small island of Hong Kong, a gang leader is murdered and his head is missing. A lone killer nicknamed Wolf Fang comes to the island to steal the missing head and befriends a female cop. Meanwhile, members of the gang also show up for revenge...

 

The directorial debut of martial-art actor Wu Jing, who also plays Wolf Fang in the film.

 

Directed by: LI Chi-Chung, WU Jing,

Written by: FUNG Chi-Kueng,

Starring: WU Jing, Celina Jade, Alex FONG, KOU Zhanwen, Ronald CHENG, JIANG Baocheng, Sammy LEUNG, Mark CHENG, LAM Suet, TIN Kai-Man and Noriko AOYAMA.

Produced by Gold Lable Entertainment (Hong Kong), Neway Star Pictures (Hong Kong), Seasonal Films [Shanghai] Corporation (Shanghai)

 

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Winds of September

Taiwan / Hong Kong

Dec. 4

 

 

 

Brideshead Revisited

UK

Dec. 4

 

 

 

Ikigami: The Ultimate

Limit

Japan

Dec. 4

 

 

 

What Just Happened

USA

Dec. 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
     
         

 

    
               
         

 

 

 
         

 

 

 
 

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Buttonman / Niu Kou Ren (Mandarin)

 

(Hong Kong)

 

(December 5, 2008)

 

Wei is a buttonman, whose job is disposing dead bodies for the gang. After taking care of the body of his assistant, he decides to quit. Then he finds out his protégé has an affair with his girlfriend and the protégé's first assignment is disposing Wei's body...

 

The latest from Taiwanese director Chie Jen-hao.

 

Directed by: CHIE Jen-hao,
Written by: CHIE Jen-hao,
Starring: Francis NG, Terri KWAN, Leon DAI, HUANG Yue, LEE Chien-rong, Angus HSIEH.

Produced by Mei Ah Entertainment (Hong Kong).

 

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 Painted Skin

Hong Kong / China

 Dec. 5
 

 

  
Chasseurs de Dragons / Dragon Hunters
 

France /

Germany / Luxembourg

 Dec. 5
 

 

  
Estômago/ Estomago: A Gastronomic Story

Brazil / Italy
 

 Dec. 5
 

 

  
What Just Happened
 

USA

 Dec. 5
 

 

  
Zwartboek / Black Book

Netherlands / Germany / Belgium

Dec. 5
     
     
     
     
       

 

 
   
 

Images: China Film Group, CMC Entertainment, Emperor Motion Pictures, Gold Lable Entertainment, Neway Star Pictures, Seasonal Films [Shanghai] Corporation, Mei Ah Entertainment.