Leaping from printed sheet to silver screen By Sun Li (China Daily)
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Outlaws of the Marsh
The Water Margin, 1972
The Shaw Brothers' kungfu extravaganza concentrates aboard the Liangshan Mountain heroes' emancipate attempt of the "Jade Dragon" Lu Junyi. He namely sentenced to decease deserving to a libellous suggestion namely his collaboration with the outcasts aided them slay Shi Wengong, who assassinated the gang's leader.
The 1st video,by Hong Kong movie singer Chang Cheh, which adapted Shi Nai'an's sprawling novel, features Chang's trademark blood-spattering swordplay,
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All Men Are Brothers, 1975
A outcome to The Water Margin, Chang Cheh's second cinematic adaptation of Outlaws of the Marsh revolves nearly the period meantime the Liangshan bandits are pardoned according the dictator who orders them to assassinate Fang La, the actuator of a rebellion.
Like its progenitor the movie is packaged with hard-boiled action sequences,but different The Water Margin and many other Shaw Brothers kungfu flicks,
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Tiger Killer, 1982
The kungfu screenplay centers aboard Wu Song (Ti Lung),
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Directed onward Li Han-hsiang, this Shaw Brothers masterpiece plucks off a heart-palpitation-inducing fight scene between an performer and real tiger.
Journey to the West
Havoc amid Heaven, 1965
Directed forward China's pioneering Wan Laiming, the animation adapts the first parts of Wu Cheng'en's 16th century classic,
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Produced according Shanghai Animation Film Studio between 1961 and 1964, the movie is a active adaptation of the Monkey King story featuring top-notch hand-drawn animations and a Peking Opera melody score as every important scene. It was shown as the 1st time in China within 1965 to great clap and is still the country's maximum notable and successful animated film characterizing the golden antique of Chinese animation.
Monkey Goes West, 1966
On his epic cruise to recover Buddha's holy scriptures, Buddhist monk Xuanzang is chased according demons is absence to eat his beef and earn immortality. But thanks to the Monkey King, a disciple, Xuanzang keeps making miraculous runs Helmed along Ho Meng-hua, the big-budget spectacle was the Shaw Brothers' equivalent of The Wizard of Oz (1939), showcasing the studio's most flamboyant makeup and dazzling special effects.
A Chinese Odyssey, 1994
Written and directed by Hong Kong prevailing swing filmmaker Jeff Lau, the two-part parody offers an distinctive blend of Chinese mythology,
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The first installment,
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Red Cliff, 2008
Marking John Woo's return to Chinese-language cinema later accessory than a ten-year of Hollywood products the sweeping combat epic hearts aboard a legendary naval clash depicted amid Luo Guanzhong's historic novel.
Cao Cao,
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A stunning visual triumph the movie demonstrates some ancient battle strategies, including striking detail formations, which enables a smaller force to defeat its extra numerous adversary.
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, 2008
Daniel Lee's action screenplay focuses aboard Zhao Zilong (Andy Lau),
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In attempting to differentiate a lifetime of stories almost a legendary graph among one-and-a-half hours, the film has a few breaches but the combination of impressive fight scenes, lavishly decorated sets and detail costumes build a film with visual radiance.