Summary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Zhao, Wenzhuo
Summary: In the sixteenth century in China, a commander and his newly promoted general devise a plan to rid the country's coastline of pirates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Inc 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GODSummary: Two of Hong Kong special police took the stolen jewels and ran away to Japan to join a criminal society. Hong Kong police sent 2 policemen to Japan to arrest them. However, one of them was captured and another needs help. Therefore, Hong Kong police gathered 5 criminals in Hong Kong with a woman police to go to Japan. They worked together to sweep that criminal society and arrested those 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1985
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie My Lucky 1985Summary: Lady Whirlwind: A young woman is dead set on avenging the death of her sister, only to find herself fighting a common enemy alongside the man she wants revenge on.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Offers an in-depth look at Hong Kong's wu xia film legacy and its influence on global cinema, from its roots in Beijing Opera to Quentin Tarantino's tribute to Hong Kong martial arts action in Kill Bill, Vol. 2. All of the bases are covered, from Hong Kong cinema's first martial-arts hero, Wong Fei Hung, to the balletic choreography of Chang Che, including the "one-punch" impact of Bruce Lee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHOSummary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: An orphan boy is raised to seek vengeance on the clan leaders who murdered his parents. He takes lessons from an old Shaolin monk who is embedded in a boulder and sets out to find the killers. But before he can deliver justice, he must unite rival factions to fight a far greater evil plaguing the land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beverly Wilshire Filmsworks Inc. 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LORSummary: Starring action superstars Jackie Chan and Tony Leung(The Grandmaster) Tony Leung is Andy, a cop sent to a corrupt prison camp known as the "Island On Fire", where prisoners are abused by staff and used as hitmen for killing drug dealers. Paying homage to both 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'The Wild Geese', and featuring action legends Sammo Hung (Martial Law) and Jimmy Wong Yu (The One Armed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Channel Films, Inc. 1990