(Chu 58 -- 67) it is also important to note that the film has an emotional / cultural tie, to the director Ann Hui. As a child, she immigrated to Hong Kong. Where, she learned English, as a second language and went through some of the common struggles of immigrants. ("Ann Hui") Clearly, the film the Boat People would highlight a shift that is occurring in the cinema of Hong Kong throughout the 1980's. Where, a variety of different new genres would emerge. This is because audiences felt, that many marital arts films lacked substance. At which point, a shift would occur in the motion picture industry, as a variety of new genres would quickly emerge. The Boat People would underscore this shift, by telling a unique story of Vietnamese peasants trying to escape the brutality of the communists (three years after the collapse of South Vietnam). Where, they are subject to the possibility of being tortured and killed in the New Economic Zone. Once Akutagawa sees what is occurring...

In many ways, this is showing a shift in the Hong Kong cinema of the 1980's, where directors wanted to discuss social issues in Hong Kong. At the same time, they wanted to use the elements of the traditional Hong Kong films of the past. As a result, this would create a shift in film making, as many of the different martial arts movies, would begin to encompass other elements through the 1980's as a part of the plot (such as: combining comedy / local issues with the martial arts theme). (Chu 58 -- 67) the Boat People would be at the forefront of this shift, where it showed that another great aspect of Hong Kong films is: the story they tell to the audience. It is through examining the Boat People in this light that will provide the greatest insights, as to how the Hong Kong Film industry has evolved.
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