Shocking Asia
{{Short description|1974 German-Hong Kong documentary by Rolf Olsen}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Shocking Asia
|image =
|caption =
|writer = Rolf Olsen
Ingeborg Stein Steinbach
|starring =
|director = Rolf Olsen
|producer = Wolfgang von Schiber
|music = Erwin Halletz
|distributor =
|released = {{Film date|1974}}
|runtime = 94 minutes
|country = West Germany
Hong Kong
|language = English
|budget =
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Shocking Asia is a 1974 mondo documentary film written and directed by Rolf Olsen with Ingeborg Stein Steinbach.{{Cite web |title=Shocking Asia{{!}}Culture HK{{!}}chinadaily.com.cn |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-04/16/content_12336341.htm |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}} A co-production between West Germany{{Cite web |last=Stoddard |first=Sebastian |date=2023-11-29 |title=The Depraved World of Mondo Cinema, One of Horror’s Darkest Subgenres |url=https://collider.com/mondo-horror-movies/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Collider |language=en}} and Hong Kong, the film was banned in Finland due to its graphic content. A sequel titled Shocking Asia II: The Last Taboos was released in 1985.
Content
As with most other films of similar nature (such as Faces of Death and Traces of Death), Shocking Asia does not follow a traditional narrative structure, instead neglecting plot for images and video footage of bizarre and macabre situations such as animal cruelty, strange rituals, footage of deformed children and a sex change operation.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-10 |title=Beyond Documentary: Mondo Movies and Shockumentaries |url=https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/07/beyond-documentary-mondo-movies-and-shockumentaries/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=We Are Movie Geeks |language=en-US}} Most of the clips used are claimed to be real, although this has yet to be verified.
C. Spencer Yeh’s “Shocking Asia” is a sequel which was on view at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, in February 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-23 |title=C. Spencer Yeh’s “Shocking Asia” |url=https://artasiapacific.com/shows/c-spencer-yeh-s-shocking-asia |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=ArtAsiaPacific |language=en}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0073706|title=Shocking Asia}}
Category:1974 documentary films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:1970s Hong Kong films
Category:German documentary films
Category:German splatter films
Category:Hong Kong documentary films
Category:Hong Kong splatter films
Category:Films scored by Erwin Halletz
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