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The Stunt Woman

Original title: A Jin de gu shi
  • 19961996
  • 1h 35m
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6.2/10
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Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
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A few years in the life of Ah Kam, starting with her joining action director Master Tung's team of regulars.A few years in the life of Ah Kam, starting with her joining action director Master Tung's team of regulars.A few years in the life of Ah Kam, starting with her joining action director Master Tung's team of regulars.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
301
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  • Director
    • Ann Hui
  • Writers
    • Kin Chung Chan
    • Man Keung Chan
  • Stars
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    • Ken Lo
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ann Hui
  • Writers
    • Kin Chung Chan
    • Man Keung Chan
  • Stars
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    • Ken Lo
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    • 6User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh and Jimmy Ga Lok Wong in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh and Jimmy Ga Lok Wong in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Kent Cheng in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
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    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh in A Jin de gu shi (1996)
    Michelle Yeoh, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Nick Cheung, and Hoi Mang in A Jin de gu shi (1996)

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    Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh
    • Ah Kamas Ah Kam
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    • Chief Tungas Chief Tung
    Ken Lo
    • Ah Longas Ah Long
    Hoi Mang
    Hoi Mang
    • Copyas Copy
    Michael Lam
    Michael Lam
    • Long Hairas Long Hair
    Nick Cheung
    Nick Cheung
    • Whackoas Whacko
    Paco Yick
    Paco Yick
    • Wahas Wah
    Fai Chan
    • Chanas Chan
    Crystal Kwok
    • Roomateas Roomate
    Rain Lau
    Rain Lau
    • Scarletas Scarlet
    Jimmy Ga Lok Wong
    Jimmy Ga Lok Wong
    • Samas Sam
    • (as Jimmy Wong)
    Kent Cheng
    Kent Cheng
    • Blackjackas Blackjack
    Richard Ng
    Richard Ng
    • Detectiveas Detective
    Satoshi Okada
    • Braided Chanas Braided Chan
    Damian Lau
    Damian Lau
    • Lawyeras Lawyer
    Bonnie Ngai
    • Miss Waias Miss Wai
    Wing Cho
    Wing Cho
    • Mr. Maas Mr. Ma
    Stanley Lau
    • Fireworksas Fireworks
    • Director
      • Ann Hui
    • Writers
      • Kin Chung Chan
      • Man Keung Chan
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    Storyline

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    A study of the career of Ah Kam, the plot is divided into three sub-plots. The first is a behind-the-scenes look at a stunt company. Ah Kam progresses from stunt extra to action director under the tutelage of, and then with growing independence from, director Master Tung. In chapter two, Ah Kam falls in love with a rich playboy businessman. Ah Kam is downgraded into playing a fancy-coiffed karaoke club hostess and a male adornment. And then she meets her replacement adornment. Chapter three is a wild triad. —<ssrich@cityu.edu.hk>
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      Michelle Yeoh suffered a serious injury when she misjudged an 18-foot jump from a bridge onto a truck. She fractured a vertebra and was in traction for a month.

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    6/10
    Plenty of Yeoh, but wanted more
    This movie is almost all Michelle Yeoh, whom I--and, I imagine, most males--enjoy seeing in almost anything. Here for once she is playing a character devoid of glamour and fantasy, and presumably not far different from herself, except in being unlucky, unhappy, unknown, and unappreciated.

    It is difficult for me to imagine Ms. Yeoh, even at her youngest and most inexperienced, as having been shy and skittish around a man she liked, or easily led. Otherwise she is convincing and, as always, attractive and likable. But there is one thing I find missing from her performance, as from all her performances, which is made all the clearer in this down-to-earth milieu: her character is never knowable. You don't get to see far down into her, to find out who she is and how she got that way. True, the lack is as much in the script as in the performance, but most actors are able to fill in the spaces in the scripts. Why is the character in this film a stunt woman? Why does she stay a stunt woman? How does she feel about the other characters--her roommate, her director, or the director's son? Her attitude toward life is that of most of Ms. Yeoh's characters: glum resignation, and with good reason; her attitude toward people is one of detached tolerance, generally benevolent but impatient, as if she were an aunt who happened also to be a queen or some supernatural entity (this works best in martial-arts fantasies where the character IS a supernatural entity).

    Ms. Yeoh aside, I thought the film a rather interesting treatment of a rather uninteresting story, and was particularly interested that it acknowledged the criminal aspect of the film industry in Hong Kong. But I wished the processes of movie-making and the on-set relationships had been shown in more detail, and that the melodramatics near the end had been avoided, being out of key in a relatively realistic story.
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    • Jun 11, 2001

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1996 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Kaskaderka
    • Production companies
      • Golden Harvest Entertainment
      • Daca Entertainment
      • Golden Harvest Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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