"Dragon Inn" stills.

(Provided by the National Film and Audiovisual Culture Center) (Photographed by reporter Tu Yingru)

[Reporter Tu Yingru/Taipei Report] For the first time in Taiwan, "Hu Jinquan and Taiwanese Martial Arts Film Exhibition" will be held at the Portuguese Film Museum. On March 1, director Hu Jinquan's classic masterpiece "Dragon Inn" will be premiered, and "Chivalrous Woman", A total of 11 must-see films, including "Spiritual Rain in the Empty Mountains", "A Generation of Sword Kings", "Wulin Dragon and Tiger Fight", and the Taiwanese martial arts film "Three Phoenixes Shocking the Martial Arts" starring the queen of the opera, Yang Lihua, lead the local people into the joyful rivers and lakes. World of martial arts.

The Ministry of Culture, the Representative Office in Spain and the Representative Office in Portugal have specially cooperated with the Portuguese Film Museum (Cinemateca Portuguesa) this year, and held a film festival with the support of the National Film and Audiovisual Culture Center and the Film Toolbox Project, from March 1 to 16 During the day, 11 classic works produced or filmed in Taiwan will be screened, each of which will be screened twice, and special lectures will be held to introduce the development of Taiwanese martial arts films to European audiences.

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"Dragon Inn" stills.

(Provided by the National Film and Audiovisual Culture Center) (Photographed by reporter Tu Yingru)

The Portuguese Film Museum stated that this cooperation is the most important film exhibition of the museum's program this year, and it is also the first time since 1958 to introduce Taiwanese films. One of the eras of cinema.

The Portuguese Film Museum hopes that this will be the beginning of film-related activities with Taiwan. In the future, it will have the opportunity to introduce and screen more abundant and unique Taiwanese films.

The Ministry of Culture stated that martial arts films are a unique genre of Chinese-language films. In Taiwan, since Golden Horse Award-winning director Hu Jinquan filmed "Dragon Inn" in 1967, it triggered a wave of martial arts films in the 1960s. It once caused a sensation in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. In the 1980s, all kinds of martial arts movies remade by writers Jin Yong and Gu Long were all the rage, but they gradually declined after the 1980s.

Since this is the first cooperation between Taiwan and Portuguese Film Museums, and it is also the first time to screen a series of Taiwanese martial arts films locally. Considering that local audiences are unfamiliar with Taiwanese martial arts films, the Ministry of Culture specially invites Taiwan film professional scholar Chen Ruxiu to Portugal to hold the event The two lectures lead the Portuguese people to gradually understand Taiwanese martial arts films.

Stills of "Three Phoenixes Shocking the Martial Arts".

(Provided by the National Film and Audiovisual Culture Center) (Photographed by reporter Tu Yingru)

Chen Ruxiu, a professor at the School of Communication, National Chengchi University, pointed out that in addition to introducing the works of director Hu Jinquan, the film festival will also allow local audiences to experience the performance of martial arts films in many aspects such as image, sound, technology, scenes, and actors through different themes and types; It is very touching to witness the love of the audience on the other side of the world.

The Portuguese Film Museum is located in the center of Lisbon. It was founded in the early 1950s by Manuel Félix Ribeiro, one of the pioneers of European film archives. The mission of cultural development is the most important national film archive in Portugal.

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