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House of Flying Daggers (2004) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
十面埋伏
5.9 (9 ratings) director: Yimou Zhang actor: Takeshi Kaneshiro / Andy Lau …
other title: La foresta dei pugnali volanti / O Segredo dos Punhais Voadores …
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
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A Prayer Before Dawn (2018) TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Prayer Before Dawn
director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire actor: Joe Cole / Vithaya Pansringarm …
other title: Una preghiera prima dell'alba / Prece ao Nascer do Dia …
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.
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Wings of Dread (2026) TMDB IMDb
万米危机
director: Ashton Chen / Qin Pengfei actor: Ashton Chen / Iko Uwais …
other title: 万米危机
Air police officer Gu Chaoyang encounters a hijacking crisis on his flight back to China. With his extremely high professional ethics, he fights desperately to stop the hijacker, and a life-and-death struggle that takes place at an altitude of ten thousand meters begins.
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Kung Fu Stuntmen (2021) Douban IMDb WikiData NeoDB TMDB
龍虎武師
director: Wei Junzi actor: Tsui Hark / Yuen Woo-Ping …
other title: 龍虎武師
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
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Summer Palace (2006) TMDB IMDb NeoDB
颐和园
8.3 (81 ratings) director: Lou Ye actor: Hao Lei / Guo Xiaodong …
other title: Une Jeunesse chinoise / 颐和园
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
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Fearless (2006) NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
霍元甲
director: Ronny Yu actor: Jet Li / Sun Li …
other title: O Mestre das Armas / Le Maître d'armes …
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
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The Assassin (2015) Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Skybridge
刺客聶隱娘
7.3 (10 ratings) director: Hou Hsiao-hsien actor: Chang Chen / Shu Qi …
other title: The Assassin (La asesina) / 刺客聶隱娘 …
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
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Window to America (1952) IMDb
美國之窗
director: Huang Zuolin / Shi Hui … actor: Yu Fei / Shi Hui …
other title: 美國之窗
A New York City businessman meets a window washer hoping to commit suicide and decides to market his grief to the highest bidder in this acidic satire on American capitalism, one made even more memorable by the fact that the entire “American” cast are Chinese actors in whiteface. The greedy Mr. Butler (Shi Hui) convinces the suicidal “Charley” that he might as well endorse some cigarettes as he jumps out of his office window, and maybe wear a particular suit too. A true cinematic oddity, this Korean War–era propaganda piece is a satire that Frank Tashlin could envy.
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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003) NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb Douban
铁西区
9.7 (7 ratings) director: Wang Bing
other title: Tie Xi Qu. Il distretto di Tiexi / À l'ouest des rails …
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
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The Grandmaster (2013) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
一代宗師
7.8 (20 ratings) director: Wong Kar-Wai actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai / Zhang Ziyi …
other title: O Grande Mestre / 一代宗師 …
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004) IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban Skybridge
功夫
8.3 (41 ratings) director: Stephen Chow actor: Stephen Chow / Yuen Qiu …
other title: Kung Fusion / Kung Fu Zão …
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.