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    Wuxia (武俠 [ù.ɕjǎ], literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China...
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    gunfights. Sub-genres of martial arts films include kung fu films, wuxia, karate films, and martial arts action comedy films, while related genres include gun...
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    forces as foils. The kung fu film came out of the wuxia films. In comparison to the wuxia, film, the focus on the kung fu film is on the martial arts over...
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  • produce both wuxia and kung fu films. The kung fu genre was born in Hong Kong as a backlash against the supernatural tropes of wuxia. The wuxia of the period...
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  • additionally popular in China as an outstanding Western interpretation of the wuxia film genre. Po, a clumsy panda bear, is a kung fu fanatic who lives in the...
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  • King of Kung Fu (English); Working title: The J & J Project) is a 2008 wuxia film written by John Fusco and directed by Rob Minkoff, starring Jackie Chan...
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  • (Chinese: 刺客聶隱娘) is a 2015 wuxia film co-written and directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. A Taiwan/China/Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the...
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  • 2023 martial arts wuxia film starring and directed by Donnie Yen in his first film as director since 2004, who also produced the film with Wong Jing. It...
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  • Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: Yīngxióng) is a 2002 wuxia film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai...
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    Cheng Pei-pei (category Hong Kong film actresses)
    action hero. She was best known for King Hu's wuxia film Come Drink with Me (1966) and Ang Lee's wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Cheng...
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