Kuo Hwa Motion Picture Co., Ltd.

Background
Kuo Hwa Motion Picture Co., Ltd. was a film production company, registered in Hong Kong but mainly operated in Taiwan.

1st logo (1958)
Logo: On a battlefield background, we see "國華影業公司" in the middle.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on Prince of Thieves

2nd Logo (196?-197?)
Logo: On a blue marble background, we see a stylized five-petaled flower. underneath the flower, we see 國華影業公司 Kuo Hwa Motion Picture Co., Ltd.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic fanfare, which was also used by Sony on their demonstration tape.

Availability: Rare, seen on The Begging Swordsman

3rd logo (1978)


Logo: 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. "國華影業公司" reading right-to-left wipes in below in blue, followed by "KUO HWA MOTION PICTURE CO., LTD." wiping in under it.

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on Strike for Mantis Fist.