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Zatoichi the blind swordsman, one of Japan&#8217;s most cherished screen characters made famous by Shintaro Katsu&#8217;s irreplaceable performance in a long-running feature film and TV series, gets a feminine reboot as 23-year-old actress Haruka Ayase ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/ichi-2008/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Goyokin (1969)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/goyokin-1969</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/goyokin-1969#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chambara]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Goyokin (1969)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hideo Goshi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jidai geki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ronin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samurai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tatsuya Nakadai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tetsuro Tamba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tokugawa]]></category><guid
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The rugged, steely-eyed Tatsuya Nakadai is a former samurai on a mission to stop a massacre in GOYOKIN, from writer-director Hideo Goshi, helmer of chambara classics THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI and HITOKIRI. The film is a ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/goyokin-1969/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/blood-the-last-vampire-2009</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/blood-the-last-vampire-2009#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:24:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Albert Valentin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Corey Yuen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[demons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jun Ji-Hyun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vampire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yasuaki Kurata]]></category><guid
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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 the popular anime which despite a few flaws, fares ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/blood-the-last-vampire-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Ashes of Time Redux (DVD &#8211; Sony Pictures)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/ashes-of-time-redux-dvd-sony-pictures</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/ashes-of-time-redux-dvd-sony-pictures#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:45:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Home Video Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ashes of Time (1994)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ashes of Time Redux (2008)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Louis Cha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sammo Hung]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sony Pictures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wong Kar-wai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wuxia]]></category><guid
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This Sony Pictures DVD release represents the re-edited, re-scored, re-subtitled, and digitally re-mastered version of Wong Kar-wai&#8217;s 1994 wuxia masterpiece ASHES OF TIME, a visually stunning and complex romantic swordplay saga that takes several primary ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/ashes-of-time-redux-dvd-sony-pictures/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>First look at Robert E. Howard actioner &#8216;Solomon Kane&#8217;</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/first-look-at-robert-e-howard-actioner-solomon-kane</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/first-look-at-robert-e-howard-actioner-solomon-kane#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:44:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Ryan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roman Spacil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solomon Kane (2009)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upcoming]]></category><guid
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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 writer Robert E. Howard. Originally announced back in 2006, ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/first-look-at-robert-e-howard-actioner-solomon-kane/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Brothers Five (1970)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/brothers-five-1970</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/brothers-five-1970#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:01:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chang Yi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cheng Pei-pei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[guandao]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lo Lieh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lo Wei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sammo Hung]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaw Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tien Feng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Whip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wuxia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yueh Hua]]></category><guid
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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 One Heart in order to defeat ruthless martial arts ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/brothers-five-1970/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Trailer for &#8216;The Sword with No Name&#8217;</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/trailer-for-the-sword-with-no-name</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/trailer-for-the-sword-with-no-name#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:15:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joseon Dynasty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Sword with No Name (2009)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upcoming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wuxia]]></category><guid
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It&#8217;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 the trap-filled mountain lair of the notorious jiang hu ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/ghost-hill-1971/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Reclaiming the Blade (2009)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/reclaiming-the-blade-2009</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/reclaiming-the-blade-2009#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:32:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bob Anderson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reclaiming the Blade (2009)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category><guid
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