Jumping Ash (1976)
跳灰
Po-Chih Leong's debut film was a trendsetter in Hong Kong cinema. Shot from the shoulder, the fast-moving world of cops, informers, drug dealers and other crooks are evoked in a very lively and realistic way. The action all takes place in carefully selected locations, among them the walled city of Kowloon and Yuen Long. The film looks like a documentary and evokes the kind of excitement usually seen in news programmes. The story focuses on the battle between two gangs and starts in Amsterdam, where one of the gang leaders is murdered.
- Date of release
- 1976-08-29
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Crime, Action
- Director
- Leong Po-Chih, Josephine Siao
Casting
- Josephine Siao
- Stephen Leung
- Michael Chan Wai-Man
- Chan Sing — Grinning Tiger
- Nick Lam Wai-Kei — Tung
- Lee Yin-Ping
- Woo Fung — Doctor Fong
- Lo Hoi-pang — Sgt. Pang
- Lee Chi-Chung — Officer Ling
- Cheng Chi-Tun — Friend
- Terry Lau Wai-Yue — Mistress
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