李妍度

本片是山中貞雄的遺作，也是他的“時代劇的庶民電影”的代表作之一。他在片中吸取了美國電影和法國電影的影響，並受到摯友兼老師小津安二郎的“小庶民電影 ”美學影響，將歷史上江戶時代的小人物形像注入現代庶民的語言、性格、行止、靈魂，成就了一部難得的社會現實主義的佳作。故事發生於十八世紀德川幕府時代，以悲涼調子訴說德川幕府時期低下層的生活，開頭與結尾都是自殺場景，映照出舊時日本社會草根階層的悲哀。另外，山中的剪輯流暢自如，視覺風格鋒如日本繪畫，演員表演也很自然。此片公認為山中最好的作品，也是他僅存的三部電影之一。Humanity and Paper Balloons,unlike most other Japanese films of this period,is a historical film with a critical edge.Refusing to glorify samurai,the film insteaddeflates the myth around them with a gentle humanity. The film opens directly after a penurious ronin samurai has taken his own life.At his funeral his neighbors from his slum mourn his death. Here the film introduces another ronin samurai who lives in equal poverty. Having pawned his sword for food,the samurai searches for work but to no avail. The family's only income comes from the little balloon children's toys made by the wife.Out of desperation,the samurai abets in an attempted kidnapping. After finding out,the wife kills him in his sleep and then takes her own life, closing the film's narrative circle.Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide.

Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'

行侠仗义的剑客贾逸（张学友 饰）于偶然之中得知鬼王即将祸害人间，于是前往古剑山庄，想要借山庄绝学将鬼王扼杀在萌芽之中。途中，贾逸遇见了逃婚的女子古梦雪（王祖贤 饰），两人情愫渐生，然而，最终古梦雪还是离开了贾逸，成为了别人的妻子。古剑山庄庄主颜英告诉贾逸，鬼王在人间强 娶了一名女子，而这名女子不是别人，正是古梦雪，贾逸得知了真相，然而为时已晚。贾逸前往阴间想要救回古梦雪，遂和鬼王发生了激烈的战斗，在交战之中，贾逸身受重伤，所幸得到狐精青儿（张敏 饰）相救，才挽回一命。重整旗鼓之后，贾逸施展追日大法，想要令时光倒流，改变历史。

黑帮龙头大哥洪老大与家人于餐厅共晋晚餐，向大家宣布退休后把所有生意交给幼子威，饭后众人于餐厅外遇到袭击，追随洪老大多年的仇震雄把老大推倒地上避过流弹，却暗中把老大头部大力撞向楼梯，令他伤重死亡。雄拉拢老大长子华，欲助他铲除威，登上龙头大哥之位，威母却早着先机，派出杀手对付雄一家，雄长子及长女遭毒手，雄召次子志孝回港。孝带同一帮朋友自荷兰回港，不但替雄杀尽敌人，更活捉了华，让威亲手除掉亲弟，孝完成任务，准备与友人离开香港，却发现雄为了灭口，秘密把他们杀掉，孝非常愤怒，往杀掉威并把尸体藏在桌下，雄见状大怒，陷进疯狂状态，把孝枪伤，最后更精神崩溃，孝则伤重不治。