SYNOPSICS
Ming yue ji shi you (2017) is a Cantonese,Mandarin,Japanese movie. Ann Hui has directed this movie. Xun Zhou,Eddie Peng,Wallace Huo,Deannie Ip are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2017. Ming yue ji shi you (2017) is considered one of the best Drama,War movie in India and around the world.
1941. Hong Kong is under Japanese occupation. The anti-Japanese Dongjiang guerilla unit is tasked with rescuing cultural figures and extracting them from the besieged city. Primary school teacher Fang Lan and her mother are trying to survive this difficult period in a small run-down flat in Wanchai. After the schools are closed, Lan unwittingly finds herself involved in the guerillas' mission to save novelist Mao Dun. That's how she meets Blackie Lau, the intrepid sharpshooter captain of the guerillas' Urban and Firearms unit. Taking notice of Lan's calm, smart nature, Blackie recruits her to join the guerillas. Worried for her daughter's safety, Lan's mother volunteers to take Lan's place as a courier, only to be arrested on the job. To save her mother, Lan is forced to turn to Wing, who now works for the Japanese.
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Ming yue ji shi you (2017) Reviews
A Bit Too Staged, But Good Acting and Interesting Directing Choice
I appreciated this film because of my love for Zhou Xun's subtle, edgy acting style as well as the director's choice to make the 'modern-day' part of the film into a pseudo- documentary starring Tony Leung-Kar-wai. The story itself would have been more touching if the lighting and staging were less vibrant/staged. I'm not sure whether the fakeness of the dialogue and mise-en-scene are intentional, but it turned me off to a film dedicated to a nationally traumatic time for Greater China. It instantly reminded me of pro-CCP propaganda dramas... Shout out to the handsome and very talented two male actors! I had little faith in them but they proved me wrong this time around. :)
Prestige WW2 set Ann Hui film.
Ann Hui is still a major figure but her work is more of a lucky dip these days. For every lively Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo / The POSTMODERN LIFE of My AUNT you're going to get something more ponderous. Her new film is a prestige event celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the mainland take over of Hong Kong. It kicks off in 1941 when the Chinese Donjiang 'East River' guerrilla unit is tasked with rescuing the island's intellectuals from the Japanese occupation. The film focuses in on author Tao Guo, rooming with the family of Deannie Yip and her out of work school teacher daughter, seemingly delicate Xun Zhou. He's given a pass word to recognise his deliverers. A pair of nasties in black (the equivalent of long leather overcoats I guess) show up instead, introducing cheery, murderous Eddie Peng and meaning that Deannie finds a blanket wrapped body in her alley way. The escape is only the opening of a 130 minute (too) long movie following Xun's progress from the young woman who can't bear to have the family bunny killed for food though they are scrapping the last grains of rice from the jar, to a resistance fighter contemplating bombing and storming the Japanese troop base - the quietly made decision is the high point and most characteristic scene in the film. Hard to see the value of the black and white framing story with long surviving Tony Ka Fai Leung (Prison on Fire) recounting events from his period as a child with the resistance. The film's way of adding to the grim irony is Xun telling Peng as he sets out for the ultimate battle "Don't let your boat topple in shallow water." As with ALLIED it tries to re-animate the antagonisms of the WW2 propaganda movie and is devalued by it's over familiar depiction of a sadistic enemy - stabbing the mat wrapped body roll which had contained illicit weapons, the commander who only respects his prisoner's ability to stand after samurai sword slashes to his leg, prisoners digging their own graves with tin cans. Design is a strong element with the 1942-era Wan Chai brick and timber constructions and the reproduced Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter particularly striking. The river scenics are exceptional, suggesting filming by a different unit but the one which has Xun waiting for the delayed ferry at night on the pier lit by a single swinging bulb is pure Ann Hui with it's counterpart in her best films - Song of the Exile's isolated rail stop. Documentation is thin on this one. The score which I was admiring during the film turned out to be Joe Hisashi when we got to the end credits. OUR TIME WILL COME is a major film from a major director. If you can handle something that is more contemplative than exciting, you shouldn't miss it's likely to be short run in the multiplexes.
Well made film, but nothing new to offer
A well made drama set during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong focusing on the smaller moments of lives of people involved in the resistance. I have seen so many films about India's freedom struggle as well as the communist resistance during the National emergency in India that there wasn't a single thing that I wasn't familiar with in this film even though it talks about an entirely different country and situation. Still its a well-shot film with great production design which was at times a bit too theatrical that chronicles the life and struggles of the Hong Kong resistance members.