One night, while investigating strange noises, artist, Ku, meets the beautiful Yang, who is living in a reputedly haunted abandoned fort. She is being pursued by the Imperial police and Ku finds himself caught up in many fights in her struggle to survive. This historical epic, set in the Ming Dynasty is action adventure with a lyrical feel, a kung fu film with a strong spiritual element, a combination of both Chinese and Japanese legend that mixes fantasy with political intrigue - Zen Buddhism i
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FEARLESS (2006)
Certification15 Our Rating
Based on the real life legend Huo Yuanjia, this brutal martial arts epic focuses on his entrance into an international fighting tournaments for the honour of his motherland. Eventually he is challenged him to take on four foreign champions in a single evening; a British boxer, a German lancer, a Spanish fencer and a Japanese martial artist. However the only way to stop him is by poison, a fact that his honourable Japanese opponent recognises and cedes victory over. Starring Jet Li and choreograp
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IRON MONKEY (1993)
Certification12 Our Rating
The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by "Iron Monkey" a sort of Robin Hood masked bandit named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt and barbaric government. Iron Monkey is a thoughtful and visually striking martial arts actioner from the action director behind the Matrix and Crouching Tige
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TAI CHI BOXER (1996)
Certification15 Our Rating
A simple story about a young man inspired by the legend of his father to attack the murderous opium rings and win his true love. Tai Chi Boxer is directed and choreographed by the man behind ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' and ‘The Matrix'.
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THE LAST SAMURAI (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
A hardened veteran of the American civil war, Captain Nathan Algren is a man who's lost his way. A hero to many, he is haunted by some of the things he has done and when offered the chance to teach the art of modern warfare to a Japan in the grip of modernisation, he sees an opportunity to escape his past. Plunged into a war against the Samurai, Nathan is captured but allowed to live so that the warriors may learn the ways of their new enemy. From here on in it's mutual admiration all round; Nat
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ZATOICHI - THE MOVIE (2003)
Certification18 Our Rating
The blind masseur Zatoichi wanders the countryside of 19th Century Japan, a perpetual drifter. Taking respite in a small town riven by gang power struggles, the initially unassuming Zatoichi soon finds reason to unleash the most lethal of skills, his peerless abilities with the sword. Zatoichi is a remarkable mix and match of genres; historical drama, morality tale, action movie and comedy, an often surreal but hugely entertaining slice of Japanese cinema from the director of Hana Bi and Violent
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