Soon after the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio stopped producing kung-fu flicks, director and martial arts master Philip Kwok Tsui raised money from Taiwan to make this spirited period kung-fu flick. Set during the Ming Dynasty when Japanese pirates were looting, raping, and ransacking towns along the Chinese coast, the imperial authorities grow ...
Japanese action icons Sonny Chiba and Yasuaki Kurata team up for the first time ever on the big screen in this supernatural thriller that finds two lone monks doing battle against an army of evil spirits. For 1400 years, the monks of Kikyo Temple have waged tireless war against the malevolent mountain entities that plague the Japanese wilderness. ...
Kickboxer Bolo Yeung is the star of Bloodfight. The scene is a major martial-arts tournament, ostensibly dedicated to fair play. But all good intentions are dashed when one of the contestants (Yeung) accidentally impugns the master's honor. The finale features a square-off between master and contestant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Directed by Giordano Gederlini and produced by the same folks who packaged Francois Ozon's 8 Women, Samourais gives martial arts movies a rarely seen French twist. Beginning in feudal Japan, a pregnant woman manages to escape persecution long enough to have her baby, Kodeni (Santi Sudaros), a human-looking demon whose bald head reveals the shape ...
In this vintage martial arts adventure, Huo-shan (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a cabbie in Hong Kong who needs to raise money to pay for a medical treatment that could restore his sister's sight. While Jimmy's father tries to help, he often causes more trouble than he's worth, especially when he attempts to defend his hot-headed son. One day, dad manages to ...
Produced shortly after Sister Street Fighter was in the can, and by much of the same crew, Sister Streetfighter: Hanging by a Thread follows Koryu Lee (Etsuko Shihomi) as she attempts to blow the whistle on a lucrative diamond smuggling ring while simultaneously investigating the disappearance of a close family friend. Before long, Koryu discovers ...
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