Shocking Asia

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Shocking Asia
Directed by Rolf Olsen
Written byRolf Olsen
Ingeborg Stein Steinbach
Produced byWolfgang von Schiber
Music by Erwin Halletz
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesWest Germany
Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish

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.

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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]

References

  1. ↑ Kerr, Elizabeth (2011-04-16). "Shocking Asia|Culture HK". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  2. ↑ Stoddard, Sebastian (2023-11-29). "The Depraved World of Mondo Cinema, One of Horror's Darkest Subgenres". Collider. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  3. ↑ AuBuchon, Aaron (2012-07-10). "Beyond Documentary: Mondo Movies and Shockumentaries". We Are Movie Geeks. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  4. ↑ Wu, Danielle (2018-01-23). "C. Spencer Yeh's "Shocking Asia"". ArtAsiaPacific. Retrieved 2025-06-20.


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