Curtain falling on Hong Kong's film industry amid crackdown

More directors moving to mainland as gloom settles in

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"Denise Ho: Becoming the Song" is an American documentary depicting a famous Hong Kong singer's fight for democracy. © Aquarian Works LLC

NORIKO SEKIHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Hong Kong's once vibrant film industry is losing its vitality as the heavy hand of Chinese censorship saps its creativity and puts a growing number of themes off limits.

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