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Fanta Masters: Herman YAU

Ebola Syndrome

Herman Yau

Hong Kong1996 98min 35mm color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Herman YAU employs his protagonist Anthony Wong again in a full gore-fest. Kai, a fugitive from the law, runs away to Africa but kills the owner of the restaurant he worked at and returns to Hong Kong. He brings back with him the Ebola virus, and people get infected.

Diretor

Herman Yau

As a clut film, The Untold Story gained high popularity in the world, Herman YAI became a famous figure outside Hong Kong. His fans named him 'The Kiong of Gore' and praised him for goin through the Hong Kong film industry's ups and downs over the past 20 years. after he graduated from college in the early 1980s, he started his career as a film critic. He worked in various fields of Hong Kong film industry such as music videos, ads and TV Show. Becoming a film director, he alwayts looks for another way while adoption acceptiong Hong Kong films. At present, he workds as a popular film director, a screenwriter and a producer in Hong Kong. His filmography reveals his attempt to test the limits of censorship and his boldness to clash with the establicshed institution. His works describe the clash between a genre and individualism by highlighting resistance against accepted expression and political taboos that the Hong Kong film industry tries to avoid.