Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: New Series in Development.
The classic Ang Lee movie starring Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Chow-Yun Fat (Dragonball Evolution) is set for a reboot as a streaming series being developed by Jason Ning.
Sony Pictures Television is developing the series which will reportedly adapt all five of the novels from the Crane Iron Pentalogy by Wang DuLu, published between 1938 and 1944.
The book series chronicled the adventures of four generations of Youxia, Chinese warrior folk heroes. The original Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon film (2000) drew from multiple books, telling a tragic story revolving around the theft of the Green Destiny, a 400-year-old sword.
Full articles on this project can be found on Deadline, Movieweb, and Giant Freakin Robot, among others.
#kungfu #kungfulife #kungfuonline #kungfumovies #crouchingtiger #michelleyeoh #anglee #youxia #wushu
0 notes
Kung Fu Movies Every Movie Lover Should See At Least Once
Kung fu has become essential to American cinema. Modern action films like The Matrix and Kill Bill rely on many of the same styles and principles of martial arts that many Americans first saw in the films of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
Kung fu has become essential to American cinema. Modern action films like The Matrix and Kill Bill rely on many of the same styles and principles of martial arts that many Americans first saw in the films of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
Though kung fu movies feel so familiar to modern audiences, it wasn’t until the 1970s that kung fu movies really made their way to the United States and Americans fell in love with Chinese martial arts films. The late Bruce Lee in particular captured America’s imagination, as his intense, powerful skill captivated audiences following his untimely death at the age of 32.
Of course, if you want to learn more about the great stars of Chinese kung fu, Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li, these films will give you that exposure. But, a deep dive into Hong Kong martial arts films will also yield a deeper appreciation of Chinese culture, Asian history, and the evolution of action film. Perhaps most importantly, these films offer some of the most intricate and impressive fight sequences ever filmed. It wouldn’t be inaccurate to call these films violent, but when kung fu movies are at their best, the violence transcends to a level of physical beauty that is unlike anything else ever captured on the big screen.
Kung Fu is indeed a style of martial arts, but it transcends simply one definition and extends as well to a lifestyle that one chooses. There are those who interpret it as Kung – hard/ or skillful work, and Fu – time spent. Over a very long period of time, Kung Fu (or Gongfu) has come to generally define one who devotes oneself to a lifestyle of martial arts, or more specifically a Chinese martial art. This is why the martial arts movies we will talk about today are all considered Kung Fu films, and also why you won’t see any movies with Karate here like Karate Kid.
The Hell's Wind Staff 1979 Dvd
Actors: Hwang Jang Lee, Meng Yuen Man, Meng Hoi, Jason Pai Piao
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 85mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: Two young kung fu experts are terrorized by an evil warlord whose weapon is known as the Hell's Wind Staff. With the aid of an old rival of the warlord, they train in the Dragon Hands and the Rowing Oar to face off against the deadly Hell's Wind Staff.
Shaolin Iron Claws 1978 Dvd
https://vimeo.com/583597423
Actors: Wong Tao · Yi-Min Li · Sing Chen · Yi Chang · Chi-Ping Chang · Chung-Kuei Chang · Ji-Lung Chang · Pao-Shan Chang
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 85mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: During a changeover in China to constitutional government, regional warlords and chiefs use the confusion to rebel against the new government. One honorable chief refuses and leaks a secret ciphered document outlining the warlords plans to local police. A shady thug working for the evil warlord faction hires the aid of two young brother scoundrels to assist in ruining the reputation of the towns police chief, Hu, who has come in possession of the leaked document. The scoundrel's sister, Ms. Poon, is in love with Hu and the brothers unwittingly work for the thugs for the sake of helping their sister. Meanwhile, the warlords have sent assassins to kill anyone who may have seen the document and end up killing the killing the girlfriend of Hu's best friend. The best friend returns and aids Hu to find those whom the document belongs. Hu then proceeds to manufacture situations and events that will lead him directly to the traitors and find all involved.
5 Pattern Dragon Claws 1983 Dvd
Actors: Ryong Geo, Jang-Lee Hwang, Ui-jeong Choi, Hwang-ki Baek
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 95mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: The Silver Fox batters untold men with his deadly Thunder Foot Technique and rules supreme in the martial world, until a young fighter develops the Lightning Mantis Strike.
Crippled Kung Fu Boxer 1981 Dvd
Actors: Cliff Lok, Tsai Hung, Yueh Hua, Sun Yueh, Goo Chang, Lee Chiu, Chu Siu-Wa, Ma Chin-Ku
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 90mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: Kung fu genius (Cliff Lok) stars as the student of a famous kung fu master whose kung fu gym gets overrun by the Hunchback and his gang, Cliff runs off and seeks refuge with his uncle, who teaches Cliff the art of the Crippled Fist so he may take revenge of the Hunchback and the rest of his vile posse.
Heroes Two 1974 Dvd
https://vimeo.com/641782866
Actors: Kuan Tai Chen, Sheng Fu, Hsin Fang, Hark-On Fung
Format: Dvd, Remastered
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 93mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: When the Ching attack the Shaolin temple, Hung manages to escape, but soon ends up in prison after being mistaken for a bandit. Fang now has to help Hung escape so that they can join forces against the evil Ching.
Phantom Kung Fu 1979 Dvd
Actors: Wong Tao, Yi Chang, Chung-Kuei Chang, Ping Chang.
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 91mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: The master of a lethal technique is hired by the Qing government to collect a rebel leader's manuscript and kill anyone who gets in his way. To accomplish his goal, he must vanquish a rebel group intent on toppling the Qing and restoring the Ming.
Disciples of Shaolin 1976 Dvd
Actors: Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan Chun, Kong Do, Lo Dik, Stephen Yip Tin Hang. Chen Ming Li
Format: Dvd, Remastered
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 106mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: Impetuous young martial arts master Kuan takes a job at a textile factory where another disciple of the revered Shaolin discipline warns him about the rival Manchu clan, who run another nearby mill.
The Blade (1995) Tsui Hark Film
Actors: Wenzhuo Zhao, Xin Xin Xiong, Sonny Su, Valerie Chow
Format: Dvd, Remastered
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 95mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: This is Tsui Hark take on Shaw Brothers classic 'The One Armed Swordman'.
After the master of the Sharp Manufacturer saber factory abdicates and appoints On, his least popular worker, as his successor, On, unwilling to lead his surly colleagues, embarks on a quest of revenge to kill the evil, flying, tattooed kung fu master who killed his father.
Drunken Master Slippery Snake
Actors: Cliff Lok, Siu Tin Yuen, Hoi Sang Lee, Lung Chan
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 81mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: Sam the Seed takes kung fu genius Cliff Lok as his newest pupil and teaches him the beggar fist in order to prepare him for a death duel with an archenemy, the Bald Headed Dragon.
7 Commandments of Kung Fu (1979) Dvd
Actors: Yi-Min Li. With Chung-Kuei Chang, Yi Chang, Kuo Chung Ching, Hou-Tao Hsiao
Format: Dvd
Language: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Run Time: 84mins
Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide
Extras: None
Plot: An old Kung fu master and Assassin adopts a new disciple and teaches him the mantis kung fu in the hope his new protege will continue his killing for him.
0 notes