The Kiss of Death (1973)
Du nu (original title)

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Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Also Known As:

Kiss of Death See more »

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers See more »

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

'Vietnam Rose', the name of the lethal venereal disease that actress 'Chen Ping''s character contracted as a victim of a brutal gang rape by a group of thugs was also considered by Shaw Brothers to be the original English title for the feature 'Du nu' until social activists complained to the studio that the negative connotation of the title was discriminatory and reactionary towards the ethnic Vietnamese community during a time when the growing influx of war refugees populating Hong Kong en-masse after the fall of Saigon. A not too subtle message mirroring then current events where the film's elements and lurid subject matter would became an indirect metaphor for the politically charged issue of illegal immigration and anti-immigrant sentiment in the former colony. The English title for 'Du nu' would ultimately be changed to 'The Kiss of Death'. See more »

Connections

Referenced in I Spit on Your Grave (1978) See more »