Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)
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.
Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
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Tony Rayns as Narrator |
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Chang Cheh as Self |
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Ti Lung as Self |
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Peggy Chiao as Self |
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John Woo as Self |
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Leslie Cheung as Self |
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Chen Kaige as Self |
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Xie Jin as Self |
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Xie Yan as Self |
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Hou Hsiao-hsien as Self |
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Ang Lee as Self |
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Tsai Ming-liang as Self |
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Edward Yang as Self |
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Allen Fong as Self |
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Zhang Yuan as Self |
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Tsui Hark as Self |
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Law Kar as Self |
| Production | Colin MacCabe | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang | Director |
| Writing | Elmond Yeung Chi-Sam | Writer |
| Camera | Christopher Doyle | Director of Photography |
| Production | Esther Johnson | Production Manager |
| Production | Tony Rayns | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Penny Spencer | Production Manager |
| Production | Paula Jalfon | Producer |
| Production | Benny Wong Chung-Yam | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Edward Lam | Writer |
| Camera | Fu-Keung Chiu | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Yo Yo Yu | Music |
| Directing | Maurice Li | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thomas Chow Wai-Kwan | Assistant Director |
| Production | Wang Biao | Production Manager |
| Production | Tuen-Ping Wang | Production Manager |
| Directing | Liu Han-Ming | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Lou Xu | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Wake Wong | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mimi Leung | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Wong Cheung Hei | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Vincent Fong | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Chan Hon-Bong | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Katie Kwan Siu-Wai | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Maurice Li | Editor |
