#是安

[boydswan]

Sakura ANDO in MONSTER (2023) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

[cha3x]

in malmö, via @/huhhahtaikoti on twitter

i feel like i'm intruding on something...

[fishbloc]

[dtriad]

tfw when you fall down the rabbit hole of a new canon that:

is 2.7 million Chinese characters long—so half a QZGS/The King's Avatar, not as long as QZGS but still pretty damn long

doesn't have what one would exactly consider a low barrier to entry... hello ancient China circa 190-200+ CE with a huge cast, 3K era good times good times, gotta pull up a map of the historical provinces in order to track the armies moving around (logistics!! see ACOUP)

doesn't have an English translation orz

/o\

早安！三国打工人 Good Morning! Workers of the Three Kingdoms is so good though ;__; (alt source pt. 1+2)

[xiangqiankua]

為了您的安全，請勿踩踏馬桶

[mementoboni]

Kaoru and Hong Kong Movies

X ( Long post!! )

It's been a while, but I found that Kaoru mentioned a lot of classic Hong Kong movies in this tweet.

These are the movies I used to watch when I was a kid, and I never thought I'd ever hear them from Kaoru one day, so I want to give a brief introduction to these movies. 😀

01. スパルタンX (Spartan X)

繁體中文：快餐車 / English: Wheels on Meals

Wheels on Meals is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung (洪金寶), with action choreographed by Jackie Chan (成龍). The film stars Jackie Chan (成龍), Sammo Hung (洪金寶), Yuen Biao (元彪), Lola Forner, Benny Urquidez and José Sancho.

In 1984, it was adapted into the video game Spartan X (released as Kung-Fu Master internationally).

The final fight between Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez

🎥 Best Fight Scene 👇

02. 五福星 (ごふくせい)

繁體中文：奇謀妙計五福星 / English: Winners and Sinners (or 5 Lucky Stars)

Winners and Sinners is a 1983 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung (洪金寶), who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Jackie Chan (成龍) and Yuen Biao (元彪), the latter serving as one of the film's action directors.

The film is followed by My Lucky Stars (福星高照) and Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (夏日福星), insofar as the "Five Lucky Stars" concept (福星系列) and many of the same actors return in those latter films. However, the character names and indeed their roles differ - Stanley Fung's character is the nominal "leader" of the quintet in Winners and Sinners (奇謀妙計五福星), whereas Hung's character takes the mantle in the latter films.

🎥 Best Fight Scene 👇

03. 霊幻道士 (れいげん どうし)

繁體中文：殭屍先生 (or 暫時停止呼吸) / English: Mr. Vampire

As this is one of my favorite movies, I will introduce more 😃

Mr. Vampire is a 1985 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau (劉觀偉) and produced by Sammo Hung (洪金寶).

The vampire of the film is based on the jiangshi (殭屍/ㄐ一ㄤˉ ㄕˉ), the hopping corpses of Chinese folklore (similar to both zombies and vampires).

"殭" means "to die immortal" (死而不朽) or "stiff" (about the same as "僵"), and "屍" means "dead body".

The film was released under the Chinese title 暫時停止呼吸 (literally: Hold Your Breath for a Moment) in Taiwan. This is because most (not all) of the 殭屍 can't see with their eyes, they can only tell where people are by their breathing, so if you hold your breath you won't get caught by 殭屍.

🎥 ※ This video is dubbed in Mandarin (with Eng subs) 👇

The film is set in the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China (清朝末年~民國初期), that is, the late 19th century to the early 20th century, and most of the 殭屍 are wearing the costumes of Qing Dynasty officials.

(That's why, when I first read about the Qing Dynasty (清朝) in the history textbook, I wondered why people were all dressed as 殭屍 🤣)

🎥 ※ This video is dubbed in Mandarin (with Eng subs) 👇

The box office of Mr. Vampire success led to the creation of a Mr. Vampire franchise, with the release of four sequels directed by Ricky Lau (劉觀偉) from 1986 to 1992, and subsequent similarly themed films with different directors released between 1987 and 1992, with Lam Ching-ying (林正英) as the lead for the majority of them.

The film was the breakthrough success of the jiangshi genre, a trend popular in Hong Kong during the 1980s, and established many of the genre's recognisable tropes.

🎥 ※ This video is dubbed in Mandarin (with Eng subs) 👇

I highly recommend this movie!!

Also, I love the the movie song - Ghost Bride (鬼新娘).

🎥 ※ This song is in Cantonese (廣東話/粵語). 👇

04. Mr.Boo

繁體中文：半斤八両 / English: The Private Eyes

The Private Eyes is a 1976 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui (許冠文) and co-starring his brothers Samuel Hui (許冠傑) and Ricky Hui (許冠英) as well as Shih Kien (石堅) and Richard Ng (吳耀漢) in his second film role. Sammo Hung (洪金寶) served as the film's action director and Jackie Chan (成龍) was also a stuntman.

In 1979, when Jiahe Corporation (嘉禾公司) promoted Bruce Lee's (李小龍) kung fu film in Japan, it added "The Private Eyes" and changed its propaganda department to "Mr Boo!" as a call to action, it became a huge hit, earning a billion yen at the box office in Japan, followed by several Huh Brothers (許氏兄弟) comedies featuring "Mr. Boo!" as the title.

It is worth mentioning that Hsu Kuan-chieh's (許冠傑) character was voiced by the famous Japanese actor Kitano Takeshi (北野武). In 1981, Takakura Ken (高倉健) starred in "駅 STATION ", there are also male and female protagonists watching "The Private Eyes" kitchen fighting scenes. Japanese manga master Akatsuka Fujio (赤塚不二夫) has written the preface and Japanese lyrics for this film.

🎥 The kitchen fighting scenes 👇

#吳耀漢

繁體中文：吳耀漢 / English: Richard Ng

Kaoru mentioned 吳耀漢 in the tag because he passed away in April 2023. 吳耀漢 is a famous actor in Hong Kong, and he has appeared in all the movies mentioned above except Mr. Vampire.

※ In fact, 吳耀漢 appeared in 霊幻道士3 (繁體中文：靈幻先生 / English: Mr. Vampire III), a sequel to the Mr. Vampire series, which was released in 1986. I guess this is the movie Kaoru was referring to.

Speaking of 吳耀漢, I would like to recommend another Hong Kong movie: Rigor Mortis

05. Rigor Mortis

繁體中文：殭屍(2013) or 殭屍 七日重生

Rigor Mortis is a 2013 Hong Kong horror film directed by Juno Mak (麥浚龍) and produced by Takashi Shimizu (清水崇，the director of 呪怨 Juon). The film is a tribute to the Mr. Vampire film series. Many of the former cast are featured in this film: Chin Siu-ho (錢小豪), Anthony Chan (陳友), Billy Lau (樓南光) and Richard Ng (吳耀漢). *吳耀漢 is the 殭屍 on the poster. 👆

Unlike the usual Hong Kong comedies, the overall atmosphere in Rigor Mortis is very depressing. The whole movie is full of nostalgia and reluctance for Mr. Vampire, which reminds people of the glory of Hong Kong jiangshi movies back in the day. Personally, I think it is the best jiangshi movie of the last 20 years.

🎥 OFFICIAL TRAILER 👇

🎥 The Hallway Scene in the movie also uses the song Ghost Bride (鬼新娘), and the song is even more creepy as it slows down. 👇

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It's really happy to know that Kaoru has watched these movies.

💜 Thanks for reading 💜

Btw, today (2023/08/30, the 15th day of the 7th lunar month) is The Ghost Festival (中元節).

[niteshade925]

将进酒

[唐] 李白

君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。

君不见高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪。

人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。

天生我材必有用，千金散尽还复来。

烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。

岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。

与君歌一曲，请君为我倾耳听。

钟鼓馔玉不足贵，但愿长醉不愿醒。

古来圣贤皆寂寞，惟有饮者留其名。

陈王昔时宴平乐，斗酒十千恣欢谑。

主人何为言少钱，径须沽取对君酌。

五花马、千金裘，呼儿将出换美酒，与尔同销万古愁。

[swdgf]

certain qidian authors shld start a side hustle writing dnmei actually 🙂‍↕️

[light-wisdom]

福音問答集72——為什麼不消滅魔鬼的力量？ 請問牧師，這兩千年來，有很多虔誠的信徒不斷的遭到迫害，即使是現在，某些地區和國家的信徒仍然在遭受著壓迫和傷害，上帝不是萬能的嗎，為什麼不消滅這些魔鬼的力量？ 答：信徒的信心是需要磨練才能堅固的， 信徒的軟弱是需要試煉才能逐漸變得堅強的， 信徒的意志是需要鍛煉，才能變得堅定的， 一切都是上帝的安排， 上帝的安排自有他的美意。

[endlessthoughtsofafangirl]

安警官，新年快乐！

[chiefbelieverllama]

下午茶文化的由來 製作美味小點心4

[stanleyleetw]

Ian生日快樂🎂 #平安健康就是福❤️ #我們都愛你❤️❤️❤️ #2023HAPPYNEWYEAR（在 SOGO百貨/天母店） https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1tlzoBzWliiiDzIYoVZFk9HLEyystDbzzGiY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dtriad]

早安！三国打工人 Good Morning! Workers of the Three Kingdoms

[artist 张青椒 @ Weibo]

Ch. 13 | I. The Butcher's Knife 杀猪刀 (13):

When the first man was shot, the second man had already rushed up outside the archer’s courtyard—and in the gap of time as the archer grabbed another arrow to take aim again, he clung to the earthen wall with one hand, exerted his full muscle power, and jumped right over it! He landed in the courtyard and glared through bloodshot eyes at the person on the roof, whose figure didn’t look full-grown. There was even a scared little child lying on the wall one door down, who seemed like he was about to cry while watching him. He was too busy to bother with that kid, and surely the young archer was too busy to bother with him too. But the young man suddenly spoke, his voice light and hoarse, like the cold winds of early winter in Bingzhou. “A-Qian.” He threw down his bow, and pulled something entirely unlike an arrow from his back. “Close your eyes.” Above the flat and silent earth, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed! This lightning illuminated the whole street in an instant! With the help of its light, the Bingzhou soldier could finally get a clear view of the young man’s face. … Sure enough, he was just a dumb baby. … He didn’t actually look that ugly, but he just seemed so inexplicably annoying. In the last moments of his life, such a strange thought arose in the soldier’s mind.

[unknownf]

隔了不知多久後某天derek衝進房間 伴隨砰的一聲甩門 一語不發地走向牆角的mc

mc無力地移動鍊著的手腳 微弱的本能叫著逃跑 另一邊經驗又告訴她說不要動

緊繃而心死 等待自己命運的滾石輾過 但隔了許久derek都沒開口 也沒移動分毫 只是俯瞰著mc

正想是不是終於覺得自己乏味的時候他俯身坐下來了 渾身散發爛心情 但還有什麼微微閃爍

他略微傾身撇過頭 mc視線順著往下 啃爛的指甲上沾著未乾的唾液和血

[fishbloc]

my friend j recreated this drawing a few days ago and its my discord header since. i have to share

and as i struggle to maintain my position the oil's dried from this heart of rusted tin and i wonder if i'll survive this without you