Kara Wai made his debut in the late 70s with the Shaw Brothers production company, she took part in box office hits such as The Tigress of Shaolin (1979) and The Lady is the Boss (1983). Over a four-decade acting career, the awarded actress has never stopped working, playing in female action films of all kinds, such as girls with guns or martial arts comedies. In recent years, she has moved towards cinema d’auteur getting plenty of success and international awards. Mrs. K, screened in the Official Section of the festival, represents her farewell from action films.
The homage to this star of the cinema from Hong Kong is part of the retrospective dedicated to actresses from Asian action films that has been the core theme of this years edition of the Asian Summer Film Festival.
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels has collaborated with the festival for publishing this book to highlight women’s roles in Hong Kong action films. During the festival, the Retrospective screenings included five films and two documentaries, as well as some other special screenings and events sessions.
Some of the films from the Retrospective will be shown again, after the summer, at the Fundació Institut Confuci in Barcelona.
