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Ho Meng-hua Capsule Reviews
Ho Meng-hua

Ho Meng-hua Capsule Reviews

Cave of the Silken Web (1967) — June 3, 2015 An impressive collection of legs. Transitional film for the Shaws, half a huangmei musical, half an action film. Not a state-of-the-art swordplay film in the style King Hu and Chang Cheh were making in 1967, but an older, more theatrical kind
07 Apr 2018 3 min read
The Flying Guillotine (Ho Meng-hua, 1975)
Ho Meng-hua

The Flying Guillotine (Ho Meng-hua, 1975)

A crazed Qing Emperor suspects everyone around him of disloyalty, and when two well-respected advisors dare to suggest that maybe he shouldn’t have killed a bunch of innocent teachers and intellectuals, he decides to kill them, along with anyone else who might be disloyal. He tasks another advisor with
20 Dec 2012 3 min read
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