Country: Russia
Year: 2004
Duration: 85'
When words gets out that the mafia boss Hung is about to leave the Triad, his
underlings Figo, Tall Guy and Big Lungs hatch a plot to get more power and
prevent Lefty, the boss' right-hand man, from taking over command. In the
meantime, the thug Yik, who is supposed to kill a powerful gangster, falls in
love with Yoyo, a girl who is forced to prostitute herself in order to settle
old debts. Their paths will all cross at dawn, under a pouring rainstorm.
"Jiang Hu doesn't necessarily refer to triad society, although in this film it
just so happens it's the stage for the plot. It also refers to a
community, as a metaphor for our society. It is not a mainstream film, it isn't about big budget. It's about getting
people to go out to the cinema to see the movie. I try to give the audience a new perspective in
watching movies, and hope the audience will in turn come away with new
perspectives on their daily lives."
(Wong Ching Po).
Biography
film director
Wong Ching Po
Wong Ching-Po worked as
assistant director at
television company and later became director in music video,
advertisement and
special features of film. He has founded his own production company.
Without
formal training, he has participated in visual art-related production.
He has
worked as screenwriter, art designer in music videos, director and
cinematographer in special features of film. In 1997, Wong won
the Gold Award for the photography of
First Love and
Other
Pains at the 6th The Hong Kong Independent Short Film &
Video
Awards. In 2003 he co-directed together with Kung-Lok Lee the
full-length film Fu
Bo and in 2004 partecipated in competition at the Torino Film
Festival with Jiang
hu - Left Hand.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fu Bo (co-regia
Kung-Lok Lee, 2003), Jiang
hu (Left Hand, 2004), Ah sou (Mob
Sister, 2005).