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1) Shaolin
Description
Set in 1920s Republican China, amid chaos created by feuding warlords the monks of the Shaolin Temple try to keep the people fed. A defeated warrior takes refuge with the monks, and tries to protect them when the temple is attacked by his former protégé.
2) Fagara
Description
In the wake of her father's death, a woman discovers two distant sisters she knows little about. But with her own relationship uncertain and the future of her departed father's hot pot restaurant in question, she reaches out to them. She finds that while their upbringing is different, they too have experienced similar trials and tribulations in their past. Her sister from the Mainland is pressured by her elderly grandmother to get married; her sister...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1113
Description
"One of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) travels to Vietnam to document the country's seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a...
7) Bloom
Description
Mu Ke meets his 6-year-old self on a beautiful beach, and they begin to exchange stories of their past and future.
Description
A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true epic to be enjoyed for generations.
11) The sword
Description
In ancient times, Demon King Altha used people's greed and desire to summon an undead army to slaughter and conquer mankind and the world. Resisting forces from the West and East join together with other martial arts schools to seek a blood-forged holy sword that can destroy the Lord of Darkness.
12) Sword of destiny
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For casting a famous sword, the best swordsmith in the world suffers a devastating family punishment handed down by the court. Before his death, he leaves behind an unfinished sword to Meng Yang, the son he desperately saved. Decades later, Meng Yang accepts the task of escorting the Crown Prince to the palace, while still investigating the truth about his family₂s extermination. During the journey, he realizes why his father left him the sword...
14) Rusty blade
Description
After ten years in prison, a redeemed man returns home only to find that his village is under threat of a new ruthless criminal organization.
15) Young Ip man
Description
After an escaped convict infiltrates his school and holds all the students for ransom, a young Ip Man confronts the kidnappers head-on. However, he soon finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy involving local authorities as well as some of the last people he would ever have expected to be part of the heinous plot.
16) Mission run
Description
A group of friends who grew up together were separated after a building that collapsed changed their fates forever. When they meet again many years later, their identities have become very different that it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, yet they continue to struggle between justice and friendship.
18) Crocodile island
Description
A plane crashes near an uncharted island in an area of the Devil's Sea as infamous as the Bermuda Triangle. A few survivors, including a father and daughter, make it to shore but quickly discover that an enormous crocodile and gigantic spiders inhabit the land.
Description
After a wicked plot to steal a hidden fortune results in the death of two renowned warriors, the map leading to the treasure2s rumored location inexplicably disappears. But when the map is finally located a decade later, the eight assassins from the original plot re-emerge only to be challenged by a mysterious swordsman.
Description
A distinguished young assassin, trained by the best, receives his first assignment to a secret society of assassins. Failing to complete his mission, he becomes a fugitive hunted by the government, shadowy figures, and rival assassin groups. With his weaponized mechanical hand, he must survive double crosses, gadget-arsenal armed killers, and clashing factions to find a secret treasure map and get to the bottom of the huge conspiracy he finds himself...
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