XIN DU BI DAO (“New One-Armed Swordsman”) Production: Hong Kong, 1971 Director: Chang Cheh Category: Martial Arts Despite the kung-fu boom of the early 70s, swordplay movies were still being profitably made in Hong Kong. When Wang Yu left Shaw Brothers, they were quick to replace their departed talisman with not one Continue Reading
Martial Arts
BAI FA MO NU ZHUAN
BAI FA MO NU ZHUAN (“White-Haired She-Demon Rising”) Production: Hong Kong, 1993 Director: Ronny Yu Yan-Tai English title: Bride With White Hair Category: Martial Arts/Horror One of Hong Kong’s most famous martial arts fantasies. Master swordsman Cho of the Wu Tang Clan is reluctantly pitted against an evil blood cult and Continue Reading
HUANG MAO GUI REN
HUANG MAO GUI REN (“Yellow-Haired Freak”) Production: Hong Kong, 1962 Director: Wong Fung Category: Martial Arts/HorrorPulp Cantonese cinema from the early 60s, the last and most outlandish in a series of films, which started in 1959, featuring the character of Wong Ang the Flying Heroine Bandit, who first appeared in Continue Reading