Hong Kong New Wave

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Hong Kong cinema movement film movement

Hong Kong New Wave was a late-1970s and 1980s film movement in Hong Kong characterized by young, formally inventive directors who blended local stories with modern cinematic techniques and social realism, reshaping the territory’s cinema.

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Hong Kong New Wave action cinema 1
Hong Kong New Wave cinema 1
Hong Kong New Wave era of action cinema 1

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instanceOf Hong Kong cinema movement ⓘ
film movement ⓘ
aim to modernize Hong Kong cinema ⓘ
to reflect contemporary social realities in Hong Kong ⓘ
country Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
distribution international film festivals ⓘ
local Hong Kong market ⓘ
endTime late 1980s ⓘ
hasGenreElement art film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
hasPart First Wave of Hong Kong New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Wave of Hong Kong New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry Hong Kong film industry ⓘ
influenced Hong Kong action cinema of the 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
contemporary Hong Kong cinema ⓘ
international perception of Hong Kong cinema ⓘ
influencedBy European art cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ
French New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Cantonese ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ
movementCharacteristic blending of local stories with modern cinematic techniques ⓘ
experimentation with film form ⓘ
focus on contemporary Hong Kong society ⓘ
formally inventive direction ⓘ
genre revisionism ⓘ
location shooting ⓘ
political and social commentary ⓘ
use of social realism ⓘ
use of sync sound ⓘ
notableDirector Alex Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allen Fong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ann Hui NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fruit Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Woo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirk Wong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mabel Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patrick Tam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ringo Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanley Kwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsui Hark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wong Kar-wai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yim Ho NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork A Better Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
An Autumn's Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ
As Tears Go By NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boat People NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Love in a Fallen City (1984 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Made in Hong Kong (1997 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nomad (1982 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rouge (1987 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Butterfly Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Longest Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Secret (1979 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Spooky Bunch NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Story of Woo Viet NERFINISHED ⓘ
We Are Going to Eat You NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodContext post–Golden Harvest studio era ⓘ
television-trained directors entering cinema ⓘ
startTime circa 1979 ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
typicalTheme class and economic inequality ⓘ
identity and displacement in Hong Kong ⓘ
political anxiety before the 1997 handover ⓘ
urban alienation ⓘ
youth rebellion ⓘ

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Chow Yun-fat → movement → Hong Kong New Wave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hong Kong New Wave cinema
Kar Wai Wong → movement → Hong Kong New Wave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Wave of Hong Kong cinema
Sammo Hung Kam-bo → movement → Hong Kong New Wave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hong Kong New Wave martial arts cinema
Yuen Biao → movement → Hong Kong New Wave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hong Kong New Wave action cinema
Hong Kong cinema → notableMovement → Hong Kong New Wave ⓘ
Dragons Forever → partOf → Hong Kong New Wave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hong Kong New Wave era of action cinema