List of Hong Kong Category III films

The following is a non-exhaustive list of Category III films produced in Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong motion picture rating system introduced in 1988, the restriction applicable to Category III films is thus defined: "No persons younger than 18 years of age are permitted to rent, purchase, or watch this film in the cinema." This applies to films produced in Hong Kong or elsewhere.

The Category III rating is applicable to films produced anywhere. The list below contains only Category III films produced in Hong Kong.

Pre-1988 films

Films released before 1988 were rated retroactively when the rating system was introduced.

Confession of a Concubine (1976)
Love Swindlers (1976)
Lewd Lizard (1979) a.k.a. Blood Lizard
The Beasts (1980)
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
Corpse Mania (1981)
Devil Fetus (1983)
Seeding of a Ghost (1983)
Possessed (1983)
Centipede Horror (1984)
Possessed II (1984)
The Rape After (1984)
Hong Kong Godfather (1985)
The Seventh Curse (1986)

1988–99 films

This period is generally considered as the one when most Category III Hong Kong exploitation films were produced.

Men Behind the Sun (1988)
Her Vengeance (1988)
School on Fire (1988)
Gunmen (1988)
Bloody Brotherhood (1989)^[1]
Triads: The Inside Story (1989)
Runaway Blues (1989)
An Eye for an Eye (1990)
Hong Kong Gigolo (1990)
Queen of Temple Street (1990)^[2]
The Blue Jean Monster (1991)^[3]
Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
Sex and Zen (1991)
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
Robotrix (1991)
Pretty Woman (1991)
Dr. Lamb (1992)
Basic Impulse (1992)
Men Behind the Sun 2 (1992) a.k.a. Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil
Prostitute (1992)
My Wife's Lover (1992)
Invincible (1992)
Naked Killer (1992), directed by Clarence Fok
No Guilty (1992)
Suburb Murder (1992)
Offense Storm (1993)
The Other Side Of Dolls (1993)
Perfect Exchange (1993)
My Better Half (1993)
Fatal Love (1993)
Rape in Public Sea (1993)
Love to Kill (1993)^[4]
Crazy Love (1993) aka. The Fruit is Ripe 1^[5]
Crime Story (1993)
Daughter of Darkness (1993)^[6]
Run and Kill (1993)
The Untold Story (1993). Anthony Wong won the Best Actor award at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in this film.
A Wild Party (1993)
Retribution Sight Unseen (1993)^[7] a.k.a. Three Days of a Blind Girl
Raped by an Angel (1993)^[8] Note that Raped by an Angel 2^[9]^[10] and 5 are rated as Category IIB.
Taxi Hunter (1993)^[11]
Women on the Run (1993), directed by David Lai and Corey Yuen
Wai's Romance (1994)
Water Tank Murder Mystery (1994)
The Tragic Fantasy - Tiger of Wanchai (1994)
Fatal Encounter (1994)
Girls Unbutton (1994)
Beauty Evil Rose (1994) a.k.a. The Beauty's Evil Roses^[12]
The Underground Banker (1994)^[13]
Daughter of Darkness 2 (1994)^[14]
A Day Without Policemen (1994)^[15]
Brother of Darkness (1994)^[16]
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)^[17]
Dream Lovers (1994)
Red to Kill (1994)^[18]
Eternal Evil of Asia (1995)
Diary of a Serial Killer (1995)
A Sudden Love (1995)
Sex and Zen II (1996)
Trilogy of Lust 2 (1996) a.k.a. Portrait of a Serial Killer
Viva Erotica (1996).^[19] Nominated for Best Film at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Horrible High Heels (1996)
The Intruder (1997)
Peeping Tom (1997)
The Fruit is Swelling (1997) aka. The Fruit is Ripe 2^[20]
Happy Together (1997), directed by Wong Kar-wai
Nude Fear (1998)
Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
Sex and Zen III (1998)
The Untold Story 2 (1998)
Raped by an Angel 3: Sexual Fantasy of the Chief Executive (1998)^[21]
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2 (1998)^[22]
Erotic Nightmare (1999)
The Fruit is Ripe 3 (1999)^[23]
Iron Sister (1999),^[24] starring Shu Qi
The Untold Story 3 (1999)
A Lamb in Despair (1999)^[25]
Raped by an Angel 4: The Raper's Union (1999)^[26]

2000 and after

Naked Poison (2000)
Prostitute Killers (2000)
Spacked Out (2000)^[27]
There Is a Secret in my Soup (2001)
Human Pork Chop (2001),^[28]
3 Extremes II (2002). The film contains 3 segments: from South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong
The Peeping (2002)
Runaway Pistol (2002)
Emmanuelle in Hong Kong (2003)
Fu Bo (2003)
Night Corridor (2003)
Sexy Soccer (2003)^[29]
Three... Extremes (2004)
Ab-normal Beauty (2004)
Dumplings (2004)
Election (2005)^[30]
SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
Election 2 (2006)^[31]
Dog Bite Dog (2006)
Exiled (2006)^{[nb 1]}
The Heavenly Kings (2006), Solely for excessive use of explicit languages
Whispers and Moans (2007),^[32] directed by Herman Yau
Lust, Caution (2007)
Mad Detective (2007)
Gong Tau: An Oriental Black Magic (2007)
Fatal Move (2008)
Hong Kong Bronx (2008)^[33]
Besieged City (2008)^[34]
The Unbelievable (2009)
A Very Short Life (2009)
Shinjuku Incident (2009)
Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
Love in a Puff (2010),^[35] Mainly due to the positive portraying of smoking as a central theme of the film.
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011)
Vulgaria (2012)
Tales from the Dark 1 (2013)
Tales from the Dark 2 (2013)
Young and Dangerous Reloaded (2013)
3D Naked Ambition (2014)
The Gigolo (2015)
The Gigolo 2 (2015)

Notes

^ One scene shows Simon Yam's character shaking hands with another gangster with their left hands turned around, making a triads agreement handshake. The scene is present on the Mega-Star uncut Limited Edition DVD. However, only the Category IIB cut version was released in Hong Kong theatrically.

References

^ Hong Kong Cinemagic: Bloody Brotherhood
^ HK cinemagic Queen of Temple Street
^ IMDB "Blue Jean Monster" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ HK cinemagic: Love to Kill
^ HK cinemagic: Crazy Love
^ HK cinemagic: Daughter of Darkness
^ IMDB "Retribution Sight Unseen" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ IMDB "Raped by An Angel" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ HK cinemagic: Raped by an Angel 2
^ lovehkfilm: Raped by an Angel 2
^ HK cinemagic: Taxi Hunter
^ IMDB "Beautys Evil Rose" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ HK cinemagic: The Underground Banker
^ HK cinemagic: Daughter of Darkness 2
^ IMDB "A Day Without Policemen" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ IMDB "Brother of Darkness" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ IMDB "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ IMDB "Red to Kill" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ HK cinemagic: Viva Erotica
^ HK cinemagic The Fruit is Swelling
^ IMDB "Raped by an Angel 3: Sexual Fantasy of the Chief Executive" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ IMDB "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ HK cinemagic: The Fruit is Ripe 3
^ HK cinemagic: Iron Sister
^ IMDB "A Lamb in Despair" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ IMDB "Raped by An Angel 4" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
^ HK cinemagic: Spacked Out
^ HK cinemagic: Human Pork Chop
^ HK cinemagic: Sexy Soccer
^ HK cinemagic: Election
^ HK cinemagic: Election 2
^ HK cinemagic: Whispers and Moans
^ HK cinemage: Hong Kong Bronx
^ HK cinemagic Besieged City
^ HK cinemagic Love in a Puff

External links

[32] One scene shows Simon Yam's character shaking hands with another gangster with their left hands turned around, making a triads agreement handshake. The scene is present on the Mega-Star uncut Limited Edition DVD. However, only the Category IIB cut version was released in Hong Kong theatrically.

[1] Hong Kong Cinemagic: Bloody Brotherhood

[2] HK cinemagic Queen of Temple Street

[3] IMDB "Blue Jean Monster" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[4] HK cinemagic: Love to Kill

[5] HK cinemagic: Crazy Love

[6] HK cinemagic: Daughter of Darkness

[7] IMDB "Retribution Sight Unseen" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[8] IMDB "Raped by An Angel" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[cinemagic-9] HK cinemagic: Raped by an Angel 2

[10] vehkfilm: Raped by an Angel 2

[11] HK cinemagic: Taxi Hunter

[12] IMDB "Beautys Evil Rose" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[13] HK cinemagic: The Underground Banker

[14] HK cinemagic: Daughter of Darkness 2

[15] IMDB "A Day Without Policemen" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[16] IMDB "Brother of Darkness" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[17] IMDB "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[18] IMDB "Red to Kill" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[19] HK cinemagic: Viva Erotica

[20] HK cinemagic The Fruit is Swelling

[21] IMDB "Raped by an Angel 3: Sexual Fantasy of the Chief Executive" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[22] IMDB "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[23] HK cinemagic: The Fruit is Ripe 3

[24] HK cinemagic: Iron Sister

[25] IMDB "A Lamb in Despair" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[26] IMDB "Raped by An Angel 4" Retrieved on 2010-12-15.

[27] HK cinemagic: Spacked Out

[28] HK cinemagic: Human Pork Chop

[29] HK cinemagic: Sexy Soccer

[30] HK cinemagic: Election

[31] HK cinemagic: Election 2

[33] HK cinemagic: Whispers and Moans

[34] HK cinemage: Hong Kong Bronx

[35] HK cinemagic Besieged City

[36] HK cinemagic Love in a Puff

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