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The Untold Story

Herman Yau

Hong Kong1993 96min Digi-Beta color

Synopsis

A movie that has catapulted Herman YAU to almost legendary status among cult fans around the world. Based on a true story which follows a serial killer turning his victims into meat buns, this film has kicked off a trend of extreme graphic violence in Hong Kong movies. The film also reinvigorated the career of Anthony Wong who played the main chracter.

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.