Packet 5: Tossup 19

A pedestrian bridge in this country’s capital that resembles a rolled-up betel leaf is named for its “national songbird,” the actress Saloma. This is the [emphasize] larger of the two countries whose arm of Shaw Brothers produced films starring and directed by the musician P. Ramlee. The breakthrough film of American actress Cynthia Rothrock and an actress from this country was Yes, (-5[1])Madam, (15[1])which spawned (-5[1])the “girls with guns” genre. (-5[1])In a (15[1])1993 (15[1])action film by (15[1])Johnnie To, (-5[1])women played by Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, and an actress (-5[1])from this country form the title (*) Heroic (10[1])Trio. (10[1])This country’s government has censored the films of a director who emigrated from it to Taiwan, Tsai (-5[1])Ming-Liang. (10[1]-5[1])A former beauty queen from this country gained a reputation for performing stunts in Police Story 3 (10[1])and Crouching Tiger, Hidden (10[1])Dragon. For 10 points, minority languages like Mandarin, Cantonese, and Tamil are used in the (-5[1])film industry of what home country of Michelle Yeoh (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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