In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Tag: martial arts
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Legend of Awakening
In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, young Lu Ping escapes the wicked forces of Shanhai Tower and discovers his spiritual identity in a moment of enlightenment – or rather, his spiritual identities, as he becomes aware of six distinct souls revolving through his being. When Lu later begins to train and grow under his teacher’s masterful guidance, he meets eternal brethren and earns the affection of the young miss Qin along the way. All is going well until a vision reveals his relationship to an unresolved crime in the martial arts world of a decade earlier.
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki
Fourth part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Toki’s perspective, leading up to Toki’s imprisonment in Cassandra and eventually his duel with Raoh.
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Kungfu Master
The film features Kung Fu Panda and Chinese martial arts folk hero Wong Fei Hung. In the film, the panda is assigned by the Buddha to protect an ancient treasure that could give the bearer the power to conquer the world.
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro
The film’s story is a prequel to the Fist of the North Star depicting the one year interval between Kenshiro’s defeat at the hands of Shin and their later battle. Unlike the others in the series this film has a completely original storyline in which Kenshiro, near death after his battle with Shin and having used his remaining energy to kill a pack of wolves, was captured by slavers. Due to his strength, Kenshiro could escape whenever he wanted, but chose to stay and protect the other slaves.
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The Sensei
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he’s severely beaten at school, Karen O’Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers their secret, a series of catastrophic events unfolds.
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Wushu
A group of Wushu students stumble into a child kidnapping ring run by an alumnus.
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Shaolin Girl
A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather’s defunct martial arts school.
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The Shepherd: Border Patrol
A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
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Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep
Happosai fed up with Ranma interfering with his hobby, decides to use a sleeping incense on him to make Ranma “sleep till spring”. But Akane accidentally smells the incense and due to unforeseen side effects starts attacking everyone and everything in her sleep. Now the gang has to find a way to wake her up.