CHIN 2052 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Norakuro, Edo Period, Japanese Militarism
25 Apr 2016
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Born in hk, 1954; sent to traditional opera school: intense, harsh training. Best students in elite performance troupe = martial arts, acrobatics. Disastrous run in pseudo-bruce lee films etc new fist of fury (1976) Snake in the eagle"s shadow, drunken master (and sequels), police story (and sequels), kung fu comedy, ex. Fairies style; huge hk box office hits in the 1970s-1990s. Rumble in the bronx (1995): first chan film set in us (vancouver! Clip: after chan beaten up by gang, rescued by nancy = girlfriend of leader. Question: contrast with bruce lee: more vulnerable and more fantastic when he gets himself out of these scrapes. Traditional chinese values = universal family values; gang = multicultural including chinese. Ingenious escapes vs. aggression vulnerable human hero vs. superman. Kung fu as fun/entertaining, vs, vengeance/idealogical resonance. This way his movies are more like comedies not tragedies (bruce lee films)
