The 20 HKFA Best Films of the 1980s

The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) has an illustrious history spanning 40 years since its inception in 1982. Basically Hong Kong’s answer to the Academy Awards, the HKFA has nominated a total of 41 movies in the Best Film category throughout the 1980s era. Allen Fong’s Italian neorealist-inspired family melodrama Father and Son <父子情> became the first-ever recipient awarded the Best Film and Best Director awards.

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Law With Two Phases 公僕 (1984) Review

Although Danny Lee was largely known to international audiences for his acting collaborations alongside Chow Yun-Fat in City on Fire <龍虎風雲> (1987) and The Killer <喋血雙雄> (1989), he already made his mark earlier in Law with Two Phases <公僕>.

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