Shocking Asia
1974 German-Hong Kong documentary by Rolf Olsen
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Shocking Asia is a 1974 mondo documentary film directed by Rolf Olsen and written by Olsen with Ingeborg Stein Steinbach.[1] A co-production between West Germany[2] 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.
Ingeborg Stein Steinbach
| Shocking Asia | |
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| Directed by | Rolf Olsen |
| Written by | Rolf Olsen Ingeborg Stein Steinbach |
| Produced by | Wolfgang von Schiber |
| Music by | Erwin Halletz |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | West Germany Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
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.[3] 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.[4]
