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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella 1995
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If I had to cite one example of beautiful Cantonese film that balanced culture , entertainment, and artistic value, Stephen Chow's A Chinese Odyssey (both Part 1 and Part 2) is probably what I would pick. Every Chinese person knows the story of the Monkey King, and his fantasy adventures detailed in Journey to the West. In the folklore, he accompanies his master and his fellow apprentices by foot to India, fighting off hordes of monsters and beasts along the…
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The Demon 1978
"this is a living hell" - a horror masterpiece
- acting: ken ogata and shima iwashita have this insidious subtlety about them, i can understand how some people were quick to dismiss her character as "cunning shrew bitch wife" but i think they're not appreciating the context that has been laid out; in any case iwashita's Oume spitefully lashes out at her circumstances, hatred and anger which of course inadvertently manifests itself in physical/verbal abuse. is it twisted love for…
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