A.C. Film Club #102 - As Tears Go By + Taboo

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Asian Cinema Film Club

Brainstew Productions

226 episodes

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A bi-weekly podcast which aims to provide an introduction to the exciting world of Asian cinema. Each episode sees Elwood and Stephen highlighting a different film worth discovering as well as discussing a wide variety of topics relating from actor / director profiles through to exploring the more random aspects of this fascinating field.

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A.C. Film Club #102 - As Tears Go By + Taboo

Asian Cinema Film Club

1 hour 18 minutes 43 seconds

7 months ago

A.C. Film Club #102 - As Tears Go By + Taboo

It's a double feature episode as Elwood and Stephen look at Wong Kai Wai's Mean Streets influenced As Tears Go By as Andy Lau plays Wah a triad enforcer who spends all his time getting his best friend and triad brother Fly (Jackie Cheung) out of trouble while finding his life only getting more complex when he fall for his cousin Ngor (Maggie Cheung).
They also play another round of listener roulette as listener Marcus has them watch Nagisa Ōshima's Taboo aka Gohatto in which an attractive young samurai Kano causes chaos within his samurai clan as various members fight for his affection.

Taboo Review - 00:17:19

As Tears Go By Review - 00:36:35

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