The fall and trials of the Hong Kong film industry

The fall and trials of the Hong Kong film industry
Mass Culture Final Report
Contents
1. Introduction
2. History and characteristic of Hong Kong film genre
1) Hong Kong Noir
2) The 1970s kung fu wave
3) Chinese Ghost Story
3. Fall of Hong Kong film: 1997
4. Struggle of Hong Kong film industry
5. Discussion & Conclusion: Korean Film Industry
6. Reference
1. Introduction
Almost of us have memories about movies. Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, and misfortune actor, Leslie Cheung, those guys have something in common. They are famous actor in Hong Kong film, like as “A Better Tomorrow, 1986”, “A Chinese Ghost Story, 1987”, “Drunken Master, 1978”.

(From right side, “A Better Tomorrow, 1986”, “A Chinese Ghost Story, 1987”, “Drunken Master, 1978”)
To 1997, Hong Kong movies have their own style, Hong Kong Film Noir, Ghost movies, and Kung-fu movies, and their own style made success in world movie market(in Korea, too). In 1997, as we know Hong Kong is returned from Engl…