#wuxia films

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Cnetizens: 'OMG TV shows in the 90's were much better than today''We were so well fed in the past'

[escapismthroughfilm]

⋆˚｡ ⋆Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003) dir. Tsai Ming-liang⋆˚｡ ⋆

[madamshogunassassin]

Rebel Intruders (1980 Chang Cheh)

[theersatzcowboy]

Hero / 英雄 (2002)

Legendary Chinese filmmaking visionary Zhang Yimou teams up with legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle to create a timeless wuxia epic that switches eras and perspectives through scenescapes defined by different primary colors.

Director: Zhang Yimou

Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle

Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen, and Chen Daoming

[romanceyourdemons]

most fucked up thing in my life is the fact that the burning of the red lotus temple (1928) is lost and i can’t watch it. like i feel like everything cool that could possibly be in london after midnight (1927) already exists in the promo stills, but i absolutely need to see what could have happened in the burning of the red lotus temple (1928) to justify this image

[ID: a lobby card for the burning of the red lotus temple (1928); two men in hanfu shoot lightning at each other with their hands, while a young man and woman stand back and watch /end ID]

[maggiecheungs]

Chen Pei-Hsi as Junko

Five Elements Ninjas (五遁忍術) dir. Chang Cheh, 1982

[llycaons]

I fucking hate this post. 'no matter the genre or setting it's probably from hollywood' the rest of the world (and non-mainstream american creators) make tv and film and write stories too and you'd probably know that if you bothered to pull your head put of your ass and look outside your little mainstream bubble you fucking idiot.

[gifharbor]

TAI CHI MASTER (1993) Dir. Woo-Ping Yuen

[nine-frames]

十面埋伏 (Shímiàn máifú -  House of Flying Daggers), 2004

Dir. Zhang Yimou | Writ. Li Feng, Peter Wu, Wang Bin & Zhang Yimou | DOP Zhao Xiaoding

[of-fear-and-love]

[wojit]

Fuck, damn, Duel To The Death had the best film ninja I've ever seen. And everything just got increasingly wild and incredible from here. I barely even understand what this scene had to do with anything else that happened.

[katabay]

Hello! You've said more than once that you like old-ish, swashbuckling, arthurian movies. I don't usually watch them but because of your art, which has a very epic feeling to it, I've been wanting to watch these sorts of movies for the past few days. Do you have any suggestions?

shdhgh so unfortunately it's been a minute since I've thought about these movies, which means I can't remember shit even thought I know I watch these movies with enthusiasm, so at some point I will come back and make a more coherent list. for now tho!

so my favorite epics are probably Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur ('59), and Cleopatra ('63)

favorite swashbucklers (which I'm broadening the definition to anything with cool sword fights) Zorro films, Court Jester, I've watched a lot of films that Errol Flynn was in, honestly Musketeer adaptions fall in here a bit

close to swashbucklers, I watch a LOT of martial arts movies too, Ip Man (just the first one, the rest are. like. well. they exist), The Grandmaster, Fearless

stuff with knights: Lancelot du Lac for sure, honestly the thing that's really coming to mind is the french musical La Légende du Roi Arthur, I KNOW there are other things to add here, but all I can think about is that musical

[arconinternet]

Magic Of Spell (Video, 1988)

You can watch this Taiwanese wuxia fantasy movie with English subtitles here.

Found via psychotronica_ on Twitter/X.

[theersatzcowboy]

Green Snake / 青蛇 (1993)

Vibrant (and aggressively horny) Hong Kong Wire fu Cinema at its very best.

Director: Tsui Hark

Cinematographer: Chiu-Lam Ko

Production Design: Bill Lui

Costume Designer: Bo-Ling Ng

Starring: Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Vincent Zhao, Nagma, Sridevi, and Wu Hsing-kuo.

[romanceyourdemons]

he punched that dude’s shirt clean off

[thefandomentals]

New writer Jeanette explores how superhero comics should introduce Asian heroes to bridge the gap between #Wuxia, #Yojimbo, and the modern superhero.