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Set during the Ming Dynasty, every ten years, the finest swordsman in China faces the finest swordsman in Japan in a duel to the death. Think of it as a form of ritualized patriotism. This decade, China sends Ching Wan (Damian Lau), a Shaolin-trained warrior and Japan sends Hashimoto (Norman Chui), a disciplined samurai. Director […]
88 Films is proud to announce the North American Blu-ray premiers of two classic Hong Kong films, Duel To The Death and She Shoots Straight, on Feb. 24. Duel To The Death features a match between the best swordsman from China and Japan’s finest samurai during the 16th century, while She Shoots Straight pits a modern Hong Kong policewoman against deadly Vietnamese gangsters. Both […]
A decade before he would change action filmmaking forever with A Better Tomorrow and The Killer, director John Woo was directing martial-arts films for the two biggest studios in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Under the mentorship of the great Chang Cheh (Five Deadly Venoms), Woo began to develop his signature style, films […]
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