Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong

Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors who wrote the scenarios and directed the films.

Cast

Cheng Pei-Pei

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Jade Leung Tsang

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Michelle Yeoh

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Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting

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Tsui Hark

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Johnnie To

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Christopher Doyle

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Barbara Scharres

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Patricia Erens

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Brooke Gladstone

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Birgit Rathsmann

Director, Producer

Margot Roth

Editor

Wendy Greene

Cinematography

Don Smith

Cinematography

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