Shanghai Blues (4K Restoration)
One of the most beloved classics of 80s Hong Kong cinema, stunningly restored in 4K to mark its 40th anniversary
Glasgow Film Theatre | 11 December, 2025 6:10 pm
Chow Wing’s debut follows Shuang (Tai Bo), who after twenty years in prison retreats from the world of crime, taking a construction job and living alone in a tiny room in the once grand but now rundown Mirador Mansions. His quiet life is thrown into disarray after he meets and decides to help Alice (Kuku So), a teenage girl on the run from her mother’s abusive partner, and when his past starts to catch up with him, Shuang is faced with a harrowing choice. Beautifully shot, For Alice recalls the classic Hong Kong thrillers of the 1980s and 90s through its use of neon and shadows, while reinvigorating the genre with its own suspenseful take on guilt and redemption, marking Wing Chow as a up and coming talent to keep an eye on.
Supported by the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office London.
Director Wing Chow
Star Kuku So
