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Call No: 81CHA
CorpAuthor: Hong Kong Film Archive
Source: Hong Kong
Place: Hong Kong
Publisher: Hong Kong Film Archive
PubDate: 2004
PhysDes: 255 p ; 24 cm
Subject: CHANG, CHEH; HONG KONG; ORIENTAL ACTION FILMS
Summary: The late director Chang Cheh (1924-2002) was a key advocator of the 'new century of wuxia' movement in the Hong Kong cinema. In the Memoir, Chang unveils to the readers his rarely known childhood, his aspired involvement in politics in his earlier years, and the hit trends he brought about in momentous phases of the Hong Kong cinema. The book contains precious stills and photos of the director at work, a complete filmography, and a preface written by director John Woo and renowned film critic Sek Kei as a tribute to the late master.
ISBN: 9628050265

Call No: 736.35 TEO
Author: Teo, Stephen
PhysDes: 262 p ; 29 cm
Subject: HONG KONG; TAIWAN; CHINESE IN FILMS; CHINA; GENRES; ORIENTAL ACTION FILMS; HU, KING; CHANG, CHEH
Summary: This dissertation is a history of the wuxia genre demonstrating how it has underpinned the development of three Chinese cinemas: Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. [Taken from thesis summary.]
Notes: PhD thesis

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: FIVE VENOMS (HK, Chang Cheh, 1978)

Call No: 736.35 RAN
Author: Rance, P.T.J
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Virgin Books
PubDate: 2005
PhysDes: 280 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: MARTIAL ARTS FILMS; HUANG FEIHONG CHUAN, SHANGJI (HK, Wu Pang, 1949); TU-PEI TAO (HK, Chang Cheh, 1967); LUNG-MEN K'O CHAN (TZ, King Hu, 1966); ENTER THE DRAGON (US/HK, Robert Clouse, 1973); SHAO LIN SA LIU FANG (HK, Liu Chia-Liang, 1977); A JIHUA (HK, Jackie Chan [pseud. of Cheng Long], 1983); WONG FEI-HUNG (HK, Tsui Hark, 1991); WO HU ZANG LONG (HK, Ang Lee, 2000); YING XIONG (HK/C, Yimou Zhang, 2002); HERO (HK/C, Yimou Zhang, 2002); SHIMIAN MAIFU (HK/CC, Zhang Yimou, 2004); HOUSE OF THE FLYING DAGGERS (HK/CC, Zhang Yimou, 2004); KARATE KID, THE (US, John G. Avildsen, 1984); KICKBOXER (US, Mark DiSalle & David Worth, 1989); KILL BILL VOLUME 1 (US, Quentin Tarantino, 2003); KILL BILL VOLUME 2 (US, Quentin Tarantino, 2004); ZATOICHI ROYABURI (JA, Satsuo YAMAMOTO, 1967); HWASAN GO (KO, Kim Tae-gyun, 2002); ONG-BAK (TH, Prachya Pinkaew, 2003); GREEN HORNET, THE (US, Norman Foster, 1966); WATER MARGIN, THE (TV) (JP/C, 1976-78); SAIYUKI (TV) (JA, 1978-80); CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (HK, Ang Lee, 2000)
Summary: The late 60s and 70s saw a massive surge in the release of martial arts films, spawning a cult following which is still growing. This essential guide explores up to 20 seminal films in detail, with particular focus on recurring themes, directors, and stars. Each chapter covers a different branch of the genre from Hong Kong Legends such as Once Upon a Time in China and Enter the Dragon, to Modern Asian Classics like House of the Flying Daggers to the incursion into Hollywood in films such as The Karate Kid and The Matrix. The development of the genre from 1920s China to the present is traced with analysis and explanations of the different martial arts seen in these films in an entertaining guide to the vast array of martial arts movies and their role in modern cinema.
Notes: Includes, bibliographic references, index and index of quotations ERATA: ISBN on verso not correct. See back cover.
ISBN: 0753510782
ID2: 150

Call No: 736.35 MIN
Author: Mintz, Marilyn D., 1950
Place: South Brunswick [N.J.]
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
PubDate: c1978
PhysDes: 243 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: ORIENTAL ACTION FILMS; KUROSAWA AKIRA; LEE, BRUCE; ALFRED THE GREAT (UK, Clive Donner, 1969); ENTER THE DRAGON (US/HK, Robert Clouse, 1973); JIGOKUMON (JA, Teinosuke kinugasa, 1953); GOLDEN NEEDLES (US, Robert Clouse, 1974); SUGATA SANSHIRO (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1943); CH'UAN CHI (HK, Chang Cheh, 1973); SHAOLIN MARTIAL ARTS (HK, Chang Cheh, 1974)
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 231-234; Filmography: p. 220-229
ISBN: 0498017753 : $9.95
LON: 847828
ID2: 291

Call No: 71(512.317) BOR
Author: Bordwell, David
Place: Cambridge, Mass.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: p. cm
Subject: HONG KONG; LEE, BRUCE; CHAN, JACKIE; WOO, JOHN [pseud. of Wu Yusen]; TSUI, HARK; LAU KAR LEUNG; HU, KING; WONG JING; CHANG, CHEH; CHONGQING SENLIN (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994); CHUNGKING EXPRESS (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 067400213X (alk. paper); 0674002148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LON: 20989172