Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou - Another sumptuous Tang Dynasty epic in martial arts from the dir. of HERO, cast in the mould of a Shakespearian power struggle between an Emperor, an…
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Donnie Yen… - Flamboyant, off–the–hook actioner in which two estranged kung–fu masters must put aside their differences to overcome a marauding…
Dynamite Warrior (2006)- Dir. Chalem Wongpim
Feat. Dan Chupong, Leo Putt - As if to accommodate an escalating reputation for martial arts outrageousness, Thailand’s stunt extraordinaires risk life and limb in their most…
Love and Honor (Bushi no ichibun) (2006)- Dir. Yoji Yamada
Feat. Takuya Kimura, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata - Third chapter in dir. Yamada's revisionist samurai trilogy looks at a recently blinded samurai and the lengths his wife will go to protect his…
Rebel, The (2006)- Dir. Truc "Charlie" Nguyen
Feat. Dustin Nguyen - This vigorous martial arts actioner set in 1920s Vietnam is unusually committed to the finer details of political turmoil and period recreation,…
Robin-B-Hood (Bo bui gai wak) (2006)- Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui… - Chan hams it up in this big–budget action caper as a compulsive gambler who inadvertently ends up with a kidnapped baby as a means to pay off…
Azumi 2 (2005)- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda… - Samurai girl–power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi…
Death Trance (2005)- Dir. Yuji Shimomura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi - Another insane, neo–samurai fantasy from the VERSUS camp involving the battle over a mysterious coffin that, if opened, could destroy the…
Duelist (Hyeongsa) (2005)- Dir. Lee Myung-Se
Feat. Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn, Dong-won Kang - A restless, meta–revisionist sword epic from the dir. of NOWHERE TO HIDE places two undercover police officers in pursuit of an elusive…
House of Fury (2005)- Dir. Stephen Fung
Feat. Anthony Wong, Stephen Fung, Gillian Chung… - Teenage kung fu experts find that their father's far–fetched tales have a grain of truth to them in this madcap adventure featuring fight…
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