Four Moods

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Four Moods

Release Date: October 08, 1970

Year	:	1970
Slogan	:	«»
Genres	:	Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Production Companies	:	New Grand Films
Director	:	King Hu, Li Han-Hsiang, Lee Hsing, Pai Ching-jui
Producers	:	Li Han-Hsiang
Writers	:	King Hu, Pu Songling, Li Han-Hsiang, Pai Ching-jui, Chu Hsiang-Kan, Chang Yung-Hsiang, Zhishan Li
RunTime	:	140 mins.

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.