Title: | Four Moods |
Sensity: | No |
Imdb Rate: | 6.8 |
Imdb Votes: | 11 |
Duration: | 140 mins |
Year: | 1970 |
Language: | Mandarin, |
Genre: | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, |
Country: | Taiwan, |
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.