Never Too Late to Repent + Intro

Often seen as the film that kickstarted the Taiwan Black Cinema cycle of exploitation films, Never Too Late to Repent tells the story of Ma Sha who grows up to become a pimp before being sent to jail for 15 years for killing one of his punters.

Mixing a realist style with shocking subject matter, the film was a surprise box office smash in Taiwan.

Please note that the digital file we are screening this title from, has been converted from an original 1979 archive print, and as such viewers should expect moments when sound or picture quality reflects this

This film is screening with the support of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK and the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (R.O.C.), Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute, and Taiwan Cinema Toolkit