UK Premiere of 2K Restoration [International Version]. The screening on 14 April will be introduced by Victor Fan (KCL) and followed by a post-film discussion in the den of The Garden Bar.

Banned by the colonial government censors on its original release, Tsui Hark’s third feature Dangerous Encounter of the First Kind remains one of the most controversial films of the New Wave and of contemporary Hong Kong cinema in general. Previously only available in cut, or drastically-altered versions, the incendiary film has finally been restored to its full glory for the big screen, and still retains its power to shock and amaze nearly fifty years later.

Inspired by real life events, the film follows three students and bombmakers who are blackmailed by a mysterious young woman called Pearl after she threatens to expose them to the police. Joining their gang, Pearl pushes them into more and more extreme and violent action, bringing them up against the corrupt authorities, the Triads and gun runners as society seems to crumble around them. 

This screening is in partnership with the Chinese Cinema Project and Focus Hong Kong. Supported by the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office London. In Cantonese with English subtitles.

Trigger Warning: The film includes scenes of animal cruelty.

Cast:
Lieh Lo, Chen-chi Lin, Paul Che, Albert Au