Kuo Hwa Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Descriptions by
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Captures by
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Video captures courtesy of
Santiago Reveco Lepe Reborn, Martina Kubecova, LogicSmash
Logoarto
Captures by
Logoarto
Video captures courtesy of
Santiago Reveco Lepe Reborn, Martina Kubecova, LogicSmash
Background
Kuo Hwa Motion Picture Co., Ltd. (國華影業有限公司) was a film production company, registered in Hong Kong but mainly operated in Taiwan.
1st Logo (June 28, 1969-1982?)
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Visuals: On a blue marbled background, there is a stylized five-petaled flower, flanked by the letters "國華" (reading right-to-left). Underneath the flower is the following, with the Chinese name also reading right-to-left:
影業有限公司
KUO HWA MOTION PICTURE CO., LTD.
Variants: Starting in the mid-1970s, the letters are more spaced out.
Technique: A still live-action image.
Audio: A dramatic fanfare, which was also used by Sony on their demonstration tape.
Availability: First seen on The Beautiful Swordsman. Later appeared on films including The Begging Swordsman, The Black Justice, and others.
2nd Logo (June 13, 1978)
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Visuals: On a white-yellow gradient background, multiple circles in different colors of the rainbow spin about. The circles morph into a five-petaled stylized red flower which continues to spin. After it stops spinning, two three-dimensional blue Chinese characters "華國" zoom in to the sides of the screen, sandwiching the flower. "影業有限公司" reading right-to-left wipes in below in blue, followed by "KUO HWA MOTION PICTURE CO., LTD." wiping in under it.
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: A triumphant fanfare.
Availability: Seen on Strike for Mantis Fist.
