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Jumping Ash(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-08-29
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1 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Overview:
Po-Chih Leong's debut film was a trendsetter in Hong Kong cinema. Shot from the shoulder, the fast-moving world of cops, informers, drug dealers and other crooks are evoked in a very lively and realistic way. The action all takes place in carefully selected locations, among them the walled city of Kowloon and Yuen Long. The film looks like a documentary and evokes the kind of excitement usually seen in news programmes. The story focuses on the battle between two gangs and starts in Amsterdam, where one of the gang leaders is murdered.
Languages: Cantonese.
Countries:
Hong Kong
ProductionCompanies:
Bang! Bang! Films
Adpower films
Movie: Jumping Ash
Top 10 Billed Cast
Josephine Siao Fong-Fong
Lun Chia
陳惠敏
陳星
Grinning Tiger
林偉棋
Tung
胡楓
Doctor Fong
盧海鵬
Sgt. Pang
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Overview
Po-Chih Leong's debut film was a trendsetter in Hong Kong cinema. Shot from the shoulder, the fast-moving world of cops, informers, drug dealers and other crooks are evoked in a very lively and realistic way. The action all takes place in carefully selected locations, among them the walled city of Kowloon and Yuen Long. The film looks like a documentary and evokes the kind of excitement usually seen in news programmes. The story focuses on the battle between two gangs and starts in Amsterdam, where one of the gang leaders is murdered.
Release Date
1976-08-29
Average
9
Rating:
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广州话 / 廣州話Keywords
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