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Release Date:
October 8, 1970
Original Title:
喜怒哀樂
Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Production Companies:
New Grand Films
Production Countries:
Taiwan
Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 12
Runtime: 140
Directed by some of most well known Chinese-language directors of the time, the portmanteau film Four Moods was an attempt to alleviate Li Han-hsiang’s financial troubles during the late 1960s. Arguably one of his best works, King Hu’s short Anger is an adaptation of the famous Peking opera San Cha Kou; set to opera instrumentation and stylishly shot, the film deftly captures the tense showdown between political schemers, avengers and vagabonds inside an inn. Li Han-hsiang’s Happiness, inspired by the Strange Tales of Liaozhai, tells a tale of reprieve for a kind-hearted ghost, while Pai Ching-Jui’s Joy and Lee Hsing’s Sadness both explore the fateful encounters between mortal men and ghostly women.
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Art Direction:
Hsiao-Geng Li
Costume Design:
Chia-Chih Li
Shu-Ching Li
Chih Hua Li
Director:
Lee Hsing
Pai Ching-jui
King Hu
Li Han-Hsiang
Director of Photography:
Chen Jung-Shu
Editor:
Wang Chin-Chen
Lighting Director:
Chen-Kan Hsieh
Makeup Artist:
Yung-Shen Li
Hung-Ying Lin
Ling-Lan Chou
Mei-Ru Chang
Music:
Huang Mao-Shan
Tso Hong Yuan
Joseph Koo
Wu Da-Jiang
Producer:
Li Han-Hsiang
Production Design:
Hsiao-Geng Li
Pei-Cheng Chang
Screenplay:
Chu Hsiang-Kan
King Hu
Songling Pu
Sound Recordist:
Jui-Ting Hung
Writer:
Li Han-Hsiang
Chang Yung-Hsiang
Zhishan Li
Pai Ching-jui
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