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It Came from the Sinosphere: Lee Chi-Ching’s The Laughing Proud Wanderer
An Example Scene Linghu Chong notices that the young woman whom he is still very sweet on, Yue Lingshan, is unhappy. Furthermore, he notices that her father and husband don’t care that she’s unhappy....
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It Came From the Sinosphere: Laughing In the Wind (Part 2)
Read part 1 What Sense of Vision! I have come to really appreciate the films of Li Han-hsiang. He once studied to be a painter, and it really shows in the way that his films are full of beautifully...
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It Came From the Sinosphere: State of Divinity (Part 1)
Linghu Chong is asking for a ‘donation’. I noted that the opening theme for Laughing in the Wind is so low-key that it stands out from other wuxia TV shows without being pretentious at all. Compare...
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It Came from the Sinosphere: State of Divinity (Part 2)
Picking up from last week, here is even more State of Divinity. Background This is a TVB production. TVB Hong Kong’s (and the Cantonese-speaking world’s) biggest commercial television station, and one...
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It Came From the Sinosphere: State of Divinity (Part 3)
Yue Buqun Yue Buqun in soliloquy mode. When I first read the novel, Yue Buqun did not leave such a strong impression on me, and I did not understand why so many people consider him to be the character...
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