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81) Kung fu killer
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
82) The warlords
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
This lavish historical epic is set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s.
84) Saturday fiction
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Since the Japanese occupation, China has become a wartime intelligence battlefield for the Allies and the Axis Powers. Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Shanghai, ostensibly to appear in a play directed by her former lover. But what is her true aim? To free her ex-husband? To gather intelligence for the Allied Forces? To work for her adoptive father? Or to escape from war with her lover? As she embarks on her mission, with friends ever more difficult...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Deep in the Gobi Desert, Eryong is managing his own Ostrich farm. This is his last try to get his ex-wife back and put his life back on the track. When Eryong fails to pay back a debt owed to Brother Wu, Wu leaves Lele, a quiet boy, with him. Suspecting that his ex-wife has fallen in love with someone else, Eryong decides to find her, and he has no choice but to take Lele along with him. Their journey across the desert changes both their lives and...
Series
Criterion collection volume 147
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The story of two lonely people who discover in each other the intimacy they have lost in their marriages.
88) Raging Fire
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Bong is a highly respected hardline cop with a long history of success on dangerous cases. However, his past unexpectedly comes back to haunt him when a sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by Ngo, his former protégé, a talented former officer who had once respected and admired Bong. However, a terrible mistake three years prior landed him in prison, quickly turning the once rising star into a furious man with a grudge,...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A middle-aged Japanese man named Takada travels to rural China to try to do something for his estranged son who has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shortly before the diagnosis, the young man, who spent much of his time making documentaries on the mask operas of China, had made a promise to film a certain performer that claimed to be the greatest singer of one of the greatest of songs, entitled, "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles", from...
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
"When Chen's estranged wife reappears asking for a divorce and custody of their daughter, the musician girl decides she will live with whoever can provide her with a piano. Chen's struggle thus begins. When efforts to borrow money and even steal a piano fail, Chen concocts a preposterous plan - he'll make a piano from scratch! He persuades a bunch of reluctant, but loyal, misfit friends to help him forge the instrument in a derelict factory from a...
92) Tokyo raiders
Pub. Date
2001
Description
A private detective, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster.
93) Shock wave
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1113
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"One of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) travels to Vietnam to document the country's seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a...
96) The grandmaster
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Watch an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who mentored Bruce Lee. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division, and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.
97) Blade of kings
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire, must undertake his journey to claim his throne. It is an epic action adventure combining romance, fantasy, comedy and cutting-edge Hong Kong-style martial artistry.
98) God of war
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
During the sixteenth century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander Yu enlists the help of a sharp young general, they devise a plan to defeat the pirates. A violent clash of wit and weapons will decide who will rule the land in this sweeping historical epic from veteran action director Gordon Chan.
99) The kumite
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Training under a renowned martial arts expert, Bond creates a powerful hybrid Thai Kickboxing-Chinese kung-fu fighting style in order to triumph over Tank, the invincible Champion Star Runner; in order to win the fight that will save his very life.