10th New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 1-14, 2011

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

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A 20th Anniversary screening of the classic Hong Kong midnight action movie about a young man with superhuman strength who finds himself incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials/monsters. See The Story of Ricky and learn about the grim politico-economic realities underlying the inherent inequalities of the penal system, while also learning about people being ground into hamburger meat by hand. The Story of Ricky is a giant star of bad taste that has collapsed inwards on itself and whose enormous gravitational pull has turned it into a black hole of trash capable of destroying our entire universe. Gaze into its heart, oh readers of highbrow film magazines, and despair.

Director: Nam Nai-choi
Cast: Gloria Yip, Tamba Tetsuro, Yukari Oshima, Ho Ka-kui, Fan Mei-sheng
Languages: Mandarin with English subtitles
1991; 91 min.

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 8, 11:59pm
Film Society of Lincoln Center