Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 4th, 1998
Executive Producers:Colin MacCabe
Production Companies:BFI, Kwan's Creation Workshop
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)
Audience Score
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading directors and academics, the film examines topics such as male bonding in kung fu movies, depictions of same-sex bonding and physical intimacy, the emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas, and the career of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.
DirectorStanley Kwan Kam-Pang
WritersElmond Yeung Chi-SamEdward Lam
