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As for Sun Tzu himself, his life and military career is primarily depicted by a number of extras engaged in wuxia-style twirling warfare.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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Mr. Tsui, a specialist in the quasi-historical sword-and-fantasy martial-arts genre known as wuxia , is both a traditionalist and an innovator, eager to blend classic Hong Kong athleticism with the newest techniques of digital filmmaking.
NYT > Home Page By A. O. SCOTT 2011
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The game is based on an epic "wuxia" novel, Tian Long Ba Bu, serialized over four years in newspapers starting in 1963.
West Karana Tipa 2010
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At the same time, since the film is a theatrical release, casual moviegoers might expect the film to pack in heavy doses of grandiose imagery and action spectacle not unlike the "wuxia" films (i.e.,
unknown title 2009
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At the same time, since the film is a theatrical release, casual moviegoers might expect the film to pack in heavy doses of grandiose imagery and action spectacle not unlike the "wuxia" films (i.e.,
unknown title 2009
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Kung fu fiction is called wuxia in China and includes prose, movies, and comics.
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Based on the wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Louis Cha, this movie is the second in a trilogy, each film of which contains a different cast.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Based on the wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Louis Cha, this movie is the second in a trilogy, each film of which contains a different cast.
Kung Fu Night! Double Feature: The Swordsman II and Chocolate 2009
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I saw a few wuxia graphic novels in Shanghai when I was there three years ago, but I didn't by them, also to my regret.
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Since the Chinese literati discovered Homer at the beginning of the twentieth century, they have keenly felt the lack of a national epic poem, their own traditional fiction of knight-errant wuxia stories being considered too episodic and prosaic.
Jamyang Norbu: Language, Identity & Revolution in Tibet Jamyang Norbu 2010
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kung fu fiction
August 14, 2015