Produced by director Stanley Kwan, this documentary focuses on a variety appearance of gender in Chinese films from 30s to 90s. By interviewing several successful directors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China such as Ann Lee, Kaige Chen, Tsui Hark, Jin Xie and Che Zhang, Stanley analyzed the relationship between gender and personality in each particular period of time. For example, before the heat of Bruce Lee, Chinese film industry was mostly ruled by female films. Due to his personal preference, Director Che Zhang brought a surge of "pure masculine" characters in his Kong fu and ancient films. Different from the western style, heros in his films share one same personality: the indifference to females but in some point they treasure the emotion( friendship or some say homosexuality） with other male they respect. Meanwhile, some ‘sensitive’ topics are able to be discussed such as transgender issues and the reflection of the thoughts from directors themselves.
As one of the most prominent directors in Hong Kong, Stanley himself is partial to female stories and characters. He explained his preference in the beginning of this documentary as he grew up in a family with mum and sisters around all the time( Chinese say it as ‘ An excess of yin leads to yang deficiency’) and the sexuality of his. ‘I my opinion girls are generally stronger and braver than men. The toughness and explosiveness on women beyond our imagination. Women are considered as the weak in our society but this make them stronger, stronger than you think they are.' He said.
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