Four Moods

Directed by some of most well known Chineselanguage directors of the time the portmanteau film Four Moods was an attempt to alleviate Li Hanhsiangs financial troubles during the late 1960s Arguably one of his best works King Hus short Anger is an adaptation of the famous Peking opera San Cha Kou set to opera instrumentation and stylishly shot the film deftly captures the tense showdown between political schemers avengers and vagabonds inside an inn Li Hanhsiangs Happiness inspired by the Strange Tales of Liaozhai tells a tale of reprieve for a kindhearted ghost while Pai ChingJuis Joy and Lee Hsings Sadness both explore the fateful encounters between mortal men and ghostly women