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At Last, It Reclaims the Name Pig-Dragon Walled City! ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ Returns to Theaters for the First Time in 20 Years, Part 1

At Last, It Reclaims the Name Pig-Dragon Walled City! ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ Returns to Theaters for the First Time in 20 Years, Part 1

Instead of Pigsty, the film changed the first character of Kowloon Walled City (九龍城砦) to the character for “pig” (豬), creating Pig-Dragon Walled City (豬龍城砦).
〈Kung Fu Hustle〉 is the dream world Stephen Chow brought to life as a director, a work shaped by his abiding love for Bruce Lee and the traditions of Hong Kong martial arts cinema. It could be called Chow’s reinterpretation of the entire history of Hong Kong cinema.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ③ ‘Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories’ — The Kowloon Walled City Park Set That Revives Memories of Hong Kong Cinema

Erased in 1993, the Kowloon Walled City — left behind as “Kowloon Walled City Park” — was a bleak illegal residential zone where no sliver of sunlight ever reached.
When director Jingle Bao-rui’s 〈Kowloon Walled City: The Untold Stories〉 (hereinafter 〈Kowloon Walled City〉, 2024) hit theaters in Hong Kong in 2024, it set a record for the biggest box-office success in Hong Kong history.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ① John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow” and a History Lesson at Mei Ho House, San Shui Po

Hong Kong Retro Movie Tour ① John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow” and a History Lesson at Mei Ho House, San Shui Po

Built in 1953 after the “Sekkipmei Fire,” the sprawling public housing complex known as “Mei Ho House” became the stage for 〈A Better Tomorrow〉.
Cineplay and House Travel teamed up for a Hong Kong movie tour, their fifth trip. The core theme of this tour was the meeting of Hong Kong’s past and present through film. From John Woo’s 〈A Better Tomorrow〉 (1990), set in 1960s Hong Kong and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, to 〈The King of Comedy〉...
| Joo Seong-cheol
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[Interview] "Hong Kong Cinema Needs the 'Lion Rock Spirit' Now" Directors Yang Kwan-yo and Yang Kwan-soon of 'Stuntman'

As part of 'Hong Kong Week 2025@Seoul', which introduces the arts and culture of Hong Kong, the film festival 'Making Waves - A New Wave of Hong Kong Cinema' was held from October 17 to 20 at Cinecube Gwanghwamun.
| Joo Seong-cheol