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List of Hong Kong Category III films

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The following is a non-exhaustive list of Category III films produced in Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong motion picture rating system introduced in 1988, the restriction applicable to Category III films is thus defined: "No persons younger than 18 years of age are permitted to rent, purchase, or watch this film in the cinema." This applies to films produced in Hong Kong or elsewhere.

Contents

The Category III rating is applicable to films produced anywhere. The list below contains only Category III films produced in Hong Kong.

Pre-1988 films

Films released before 1988 were rated retroactively when the rating system was introduced.

  • Confession of a Concubine (1976)
  • Centipede Horror (1984)
  • Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
  • Devil Fetus (1983)
  • Lewd Lizard (1979) a.k.a. Blood Lizard
  • Seeding of a Ghost (1983)
  • The Beasts (1980)
  • The Rape After (1986)
  • The Seventh Curse (1986)

    • 1988–99 films

    This era is commonly recognized as the peak production period for Category III exploitation films in Hong Kong.

    2000 and after

  • 3 Extremes II (2002). The film contains 3 segments: from South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong
  • 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011)
  • A Very Short Life (2009)
  • Ab-normal Beauty (2004)
  • Dumplings (2004)
  • Besieged City (2008)
  • Dog Bite Dog (2006)
  • Election (2005).
  • Election 2 (2006)
  • Emmanuelle in Hong Kong (2003)
  • Exiled (2006) One scene shows Simon Yam's character shaking hands with another gangster with their left hands turned around, making a triads agreement handshake. The scene is present on the Mega-Star uncut Limited Edition DVD. However, only the Category IIB cut version was released in Hong Kong theatrically.
  • Fatal Move (2008)
  • Fu Bo (2003)
  • Gong Tau: An Oriental Black Magic (2007)
  • The Heavenly Kings (2006) Solely for excessive use of explicit languages
  • Hong Kong Bronx (2008)
  • Human Pork Chop (2001),
  • Love in a Puff (2010), Mainly due to the positive portraying of smoking as a central theme of the film.
  • Lust, Caution (2007)
  • Mad Detective (2007)
  • Naked Poison (2000)
  • Night Corridor (2003)
  • Prostitute Killers (2000)
  • Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
  • Runaway Pistol (2002)
  • Sexy Soccer (2003)
  • Shinjuku Incident (2009)
  • Spacked Out (2000)
  • SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
  • Tales from the Dark 1 (2013)
  • Tales from the Dark 2 (2013)
  • The Peeping (2002)
  • The Unbelievable (2009)
  • There is a Secret in my Soup (2001)
  • Three... Extremes (2004)
  • Vulgaria (2012)
  • Whispers and Moans (2007), directed by Herman Yau
  • Young and Dangerous Reloaded (2013)
  • 3D Naked Ambition (2014)
  • The Gigolo (2015)
  • The Gigolo 2 (2015)

    • References

    List of Hong Kong Category III films Wikipedia
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