Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema

Oct 8, 2018

1h 24m

★ 5.9

Overview

An insightful look at the history of Hong Kong's exploitation cinema, from the early days of the Shaw Brothers and such shockers as "Killer Snakes" through to the advent of the Category III rating in 1988 and then the June 4th massacre in Beijing. The latter led to a panic in Hong Kong, before the Handover of the former UK colony to Mainland China, and a number of motion pictures proceeded to take freedom of speech (and sometimes political symbolism) to the extreme. This is the story of one of the most curious and invigorating periods in exploitation filmmaking.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

High Rising Productions

Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema Trailers

Cast

Self

Anthony Wong

Self

Josie Ho

Self

Godfrey Ho

Self

Bey Logan

Self

Daniel Chan Yee-Heng

Self

Sean Tierney

Self

Mike Hostench

Self

James Mudge

Self

Calum Waddell

Self (archive footage)

Amy Yip Chi-Mei

Self (archive footage)

Shu Qi

Self (archive footage)

Simon Yam

A road movie about three persons traveling in a campervan on their way to Tokyo, Hamamatsu, and Kyoto. The film is based on the story of the heroine, a young girl named Momo, who was a member of the "21 Faces of Kaijin" gang involved in the Glico Morinaga Incident, and the film's ideas are remarkable, including the use of a tape recording of the actual incident.

4.0

Coconut Clash

Jun 23, 1990

Rie, who moved to Tokyo from a rural mining town and is penniless after being cheated by her boyfriend, enters the world of underground wrestling by chance. This is a ridiculous ensemble drama inspired by Shinji Somai's "Luminous Woman" and incorporating the setting of "Tomorrow's Joe" (Ashita no Joe). Starring Aya Mizutorigawa, an idol of the pink film industry at the time.

2.0

Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure

Mar 4, 1994

A man with a troubled past including incest with a younger sister and the murder of a woman travels to an isolated countryside town in Nagano. There a local who mistakes him for a famous television actor shows him the town's sites, including a strip bar in which the performers remove Heian era costumes. The film's narrative is in an allegorical and disjointed manner with references to Buddhist concepts.

0.0

That Feeling

May 15, 1976

No overview available.

7.3

Jokōsei torio: seikan shiken

Feb 23, 1977

Three high school girls. One is experienced, one has fantasies and one is curious. What more will they learn before graduation?

4.9

Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding

Jan 8, 1982

Yoko is a housewife who's frustrated by her husband's lack of virility. She finds solace in erotic daydreams, the ministrations of a condom salesman and, eventually, the partner-swapping lifestyle.

9.5

Porno report: Hitozuma baishun

May 29, 1976

A housewife covertly works in a high-class brothel in Tokyo with other married women. She never wants her husband to know that she is a prostitute. The brothel and its employees were making good money, but after the accidental death of one housewife, things begin to go wrong.

6.0

Adultery, Mother & Daughter

May 28, 1993

　A mother, daughter, and their fiancé are enjoying a vacation at a villa near the ocean when suddenly a trio of people - a middle-aged man, a woman, and a young man - break in. Three outsiders and three ordinary people feel what it means to "live" through abnormal behavior. All of them are antisocial. Although the outlaws seem to be repeating antisocial acts, the film makes you feel the emptiness of such acts and the director's appeal to call it a "comedy".

4.3

Blue Rain Osaka

Jul 8, 1983

A woman who runs a bar with her older sister has her life disrupted when she has a chance meeting with an old lover.

3.0

Promiscuous Wife's Sexuality: Pleasure Hunting

Aug 29, 1992

Fumio, who works at an ironworks, has an affair with Yoko, the wife of the president of the ironworks. The wife of Shimizu, a detective who investigates Yoko's background at the request of Nobuo, the president of the company, is also having an affair with his mistress, Kenichi. Nobuo becomes angry and impulsive. Upon receiving the report, a jealous Nobuo impulsively kills Shimizu and appears with an iron pipe in front of Fumio and Yoko, who are entangled in an ironworks. The story accelerates toward the end as the impulsive murderer brings together a man and a woman in a love-hate relationship at a villa in Izu....

2.0

Hatsu Netsu: Love Potion

May 2, 2002

A love story involving a small theater director, his actors, and a former idol talent.