June 11 - 8:40pm

From the Highway

Zhang Zengze (1970) 96 mins

Often discussed as the 1st modern kung-fu film, this is an historical action epic set in windswept northern China during the early republican era at the turn of the 20th century. A lawless & changing world is ravaged by a rampaging bandit horde until a lone stranger (Yang Qun) bent on revenge emerges on the seen. Like many Cathay films, Zhang’s wonderfully rendered opus is concerned with & reflects the rise of modernity, documenting the appearance of nickelodeons & new weaponry while showing the shift from wu xia to unarmed combat.

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* Preceded by The First Sword at 7.00pm.

* Screens as part of the Cathay Season.

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