Enter the Hong Kong Triad "Underworld", where actors, directors, and police describe the Triad control of the film industry in the 1990s when a whole series of murders, beatings and dodgy dealings went down. That's when the Triad techniques of persuasion allegedly came into play - extortion, blackmail, beatings, rape - to get actors and stunt men to appear in their flicks. Eventually the actors had enough and campaigned against the violence. In "Triads and Film", Producer Sarah Passmore of Radio Television Hong Kong looks at the current situation in the Hong Kong film industry to see the extent to which it may have broken free of these groups, and how much Triads are still involved in the entertainment industry.

Resources

Links:

SOUNDPRINT's Global Perspectives Series
Listen to the entire Global Perspectives series.

Ying hung boon sik (1986)
Check out the specs on John Woo's 1986 film A Better Tomorrow.

LoveHKFilm.com
If you love Hong kong cinema check out this site, which reviews a majority of movies coming out of Hong Kong.

Books:

Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russion Capitalism
by: Vadim Volkov 2002
China isn't the only city where force, money and violence is used to conduct business. Read about how violence and coercion is used in 1990s Russian economy.

Company She Keeps
by: Georgia Durante 1998
"At 17, Georgia Durante was the dazzling 'Kodak girl,' the most photographed model in the country. Things took a turn when Durante was raped by her brother-in-law, had a child and a failed marriage before she was 20, and became a Mafia wife — all of it chronicled in this chilling true story."