What Makes Shaw Run Run?
Alan Whicker meets Chinese film mogul, Run Run Shaw, at his Hong Kong studios and sees examples of the swordfight films, of which he is producing more than sixty a year.
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Episode 1 of Whicker's Orient where journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker travels around in Asia. In this episode he visits legendary film producer Run Run Shaw. "Run Run Shaw is a film mogul who makes more than 60 feature films a year. His magic formula is not sin and sex, but blood and guts; sagas whose heroes and heroines perform implausible swordfights and back-somersaults to the tops of buildings. Whicker meets this Chinese wizard at his Hong Kong studios."
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- Director
- Ian McFarlane
- Starring
- Alan Whicker, Run Run Shaw, Betty Ting Pei, David Chiang Da-Wei, Paul Chun Pui
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