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Actor, producer, martial artist – Sammo Hung has loomed large in Hong Kong’s film industry since the 1960s. We bet you don’t know about some aspects of his long movie career.
Wuxia films 1905-1982: Quasi Non-Fiction Wrapped in Fantastical Fight by Dr. Craig D. Reid The coolest wuxia film of the 1920’s, Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (1928) Who could have guessed that the fate of the first 44 years (1905-1949) of wuxia cinema was heavily affected by the sexist attitudes of the Ching Dynasty? It all started in 1772, the year the Ching government banned females from performing on stage, which created the tradition of female impersonators in Beijing Opera. However, rea
Major Hollywood studios had a serious issue at letting a woman be an action star in the '60s and '70s. Yet in Hong Kong, there were quite a few women playing le
We review King of Wuxia, the definitive documentary about the life and career of director King Hu, who defined the wuxia movie as we know it, which launches the 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest in New York City.
For two years, we've seen a revival of Martial Arts epics from the legendary Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest coming to Blu-ray. What if you have a chance to se