Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
5/10 from 1 votes
Gender: Documentar
Director: Stanley Kwan
Date of release: 04 Jun 1998
Description
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality more frankly and provocatively than any other national cinema. Yang ± Yin examines male bonding and phallic imagery in the swordplay and kung fu movies of the '60s and '70s; homosexuality; same-sex bonding and physical intimacy; the continuing emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas; and the phenomenon of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.Extra
| Runtime | 80 minute |
|---|---|
| Producer | British Film Institute (BFI) |
| Language | English 普通话 |
| Themes | homosexuality gender roles sexuality chinese tradition chinese cinema |
| Actors | John Woo Leslie Cheung Tsui Hark Hou Hsiao-hsien Chang Cheh Tsai Ming-liang Chen Kaige Ang Lee |
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