swordplay
REVIEW: ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’ (2009)
Korean superstar actress Jun Ji-Hyun (MY SASSY GIRL) undergoes a new Western name, Gianna Jun, in her English language debut in this live action adaptation of…
Ashes of Time Redux (DVD – Sony Pictures)
This Sony Pictures DVD release represents the re-edited, re-scored, re-subtitled, and digitally re-mastered version of Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 wuxia masterpiece ASHES OF TIME, a visually stunning…
First look at Robert E. Howard actioner ‘Solomon Kane’
There is a new sword-slinging period action movie on the horizon that writer-director Michael J. Bassett has adapted from a lesser-known invention of Conan the Barbarian…
Brothers Five (1970)
Swordswoman Yan Loi (Cheng Pei-pei) aids the five heroic Gao brothers in reuniting and training in a formation fighting technique known as the Five Tigers with…
Trailer for ‘The Sword with No Name’
A full trailer is out for Korean director Kim Yong-gyoon’s history-based wuxia epic THE SWORD WITH NO NAME. From the look of it, the film is…
The Ghost Hill (1971)
It’s deliciously campy and bloody wuxia action from Taiwan as four sword heroes come together to lead an army of fighting beggars in an assault on…
Reclaiming the Blade (2009)
RECLAIMING THE BLADE is a high-concept and broad-ranging documentary that examines the evolving history, culture and application of the Western European sword by exploring scholarly research, historical…
The Bravest Revenge (1971)
Polly Shang-kwan and Tien Peng head a cast of screen heroes battling their way through an army of swordsmen to reach a powerful villain (Yi Yuen)…
Rider of Revenge (1971)
Kung Fu starlet Polly Shang-kwan heads this highly entertaining swordplay actioner from Taiwan’s Union Film Co. as a swordswoman who teams up with two chivalrous knights…
First look at wuxia western ‘The Warrior’s Way’
A trailer has been leaked online for THE WARRIOR’S WAY (formerly LAUNDRY WARRIOR), a $45 million Korean-New Zealand co-production from producers Barrie M. Osbourne (LOTR), Lee…
The Swordsman of all Swordsmen (1968)
THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN is a hit wuxia classic from Taiwan that stars Tien Peng and Polly Shang-kwan. It’s a quality actioner with an artful presentation, well…
Dragon Inn (1967)
Writer-director King Hu’s second wuxia film and his follow-up to COME DRINK WITH ME is yet another genre masterpiece that stands the test of time thanks…
Dragon Inn (DVD – Hoker Records)
King Hu’s DRAGON INN is considered by many to be one of the greatest wuxia films of all time and yet as of 2009 there has never…
Trailer for Kiriya’s fantasy actioner ‘Goemon’
CASSHERN creator Kazuaki Kiriya is back with a new effects-filled fantasy and martial arts actioner. GOEMON (official site) stars Yosuke Eguchi as legendary ninja bandit “Ishikawa…
‘Miyamoto Musashi’ gets animated
We do not customarily cover anime here but this news is worth passing on for three reasons. First, there is an anime movie coming out in…
The Invincible (1972)
Martial arts movie superstar Jimmy Wang Yu is Li Mu-bai, a patriotic knight errant fighting for the Song Empire against Jin and Mongol invaders in the…
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2009 Golden Horse nominations
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